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3M Co. v. Amtex Sec., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
When a motion to compel arbitration and a motion for a stay are brought separately, they should be treated individually and the resulting order...

United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Mfg., Energy, Allied Indus. & Serv. Workers Intl. Union, AFL-CIO v. Natl. Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act by refusing to reinstate economic strikers following the...

Weber v. GE Group Life Assurance Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action against the administrator and fiduciary of certain employee group insurance plans seeking payment of death benefits, summary judgment...

Mullin v. Travelers Indem. Co. of Connecticut

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Judgement Enforcement, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against defendant-insurer seeking a declaratory judgment that plaintiffs-property owners are entitled to recover from defendant the full...

Dummar v. Lummis

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a case involving the estate of the late billionaire Howard Hughes alleging that defendants deprived plaintiff of his inheritance by conspiring to...

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Boellstorff

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The circuit court predicts that the Colorado Supreme Court would apply the class action tolling doctrine, originally announced in American Pipe &...

Cincinnati Indem. Co. v. A & K Constr. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In workers' compensation insurer's suit seeking a declaratory judgment that an individual was not an employee of defendant when he was injured,...

Treo @ Kettner Homeowners Assoc. v. Superior Court of San Diego County (Intergulf Construction Corp.)

Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit by petitioner-homeowners association for alleged construction defects, trial court order is vacated where: 1) legislature did not intend...

Estate of Kievernagel

Contracts, Family Law, Health Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a suit by widow for use of her late husband's frozen sperm to attempt to conceive a child despite signed agreement by late husband to discard sperm...

White v. Mayflower Transit

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In a dispute over a cross country move gone bad, removal to federal court, an order confirming arbitration award for the moving company, and dismissal...