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Columbia Cas. Co. v. Georgia & Florida Railnet Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Declaratory judgment that defendant-railroad had no coverage under an insurance policy issued by plaintiff for a former employee's claims of injury is...

Amber Res. Co. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Remedies
In a suit claiming that the government breached agreements allowing plaintiffs-lessees to explore and develop offshore oil and gas resources in...

Arntz Builders v. City of Berkeley

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a contract dispute between plaintiff builders and defendant city, judgment in favor of defendant is reversed where: 1) the statutory claims...

Gogri v. Jack In the Box, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In an action involving a franchise agreement between plaintiff and defendant-Jack In the Box, summary judgment for Jack In the Box is reversed where...

Cable Connection, Inc. v. DirecTV, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Under the California Arbitration Act, judicial review of the merits of an arbitration award is permissible where the contracting parties have...

Uhm v. Humana Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a contract, tort, and consumer protection law action brought by Medicare beneficiaries against a Medicare drug benefit program provider and its...

Swift & Co. v. Elias Farms, Inc.

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Contracts
In a contract action involving contracts with defendants-hog producers for the supply of hogs, summary judgment against plaintiff on its contract...

Gong v. RFG Oil, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
Denial of motion to disqualify counsel for defendants is reversed and remanded where: 1) an actual conflict of interest existed between defendants;...

Chinn v. KMR Property Mgmt.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an action to recover attorney's fees in tort action, judgment granting portion of requested fees is affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in...

Marceau v. Blackfeet Housing Auth.

Administrative Law, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by Indian tribe members against a tribal housing authority alleging statutory and contractual violations involving allegedly...