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TIG Ins. Co. v. Aon Re, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurer's suit against its broker for failing to provide complete information to a reinsurer with whom the insurer negotiated a reinsurance...

Wedemeyer v. Safeco Ins. Co. of Am.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In action for breach of insurance contract, grant of defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings is reversed where trial court erred in...

Vigilant Ins. Co. v. Bear Sterns Cos., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In an insurance dispute, denial of summary judgment for insurers is reversed where the insured-financial services firm breached a policy provision...

Bruni v. Didion

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a construction defect action, denial of builders' motion to compel arbitration based on a warranty that included arbitration provisions is affirmed...

US v. Rodriguez-Rivera

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
An appeal from a sentence imposed pursuant to a plea to possession with intent to distribute a mixture containing cocaine is dismissed where the plea...

Trans-Tec Asia v. M/V Harmony Container

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, International Law, International Trade, Transportation
A foreign supplier, by supplying fuel to a foreign-flagged vessel in a foreign port under an agreement that U.S. law applied to the transaction, may...

Business Edge Group, Inc. v. Champion Mortgage Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts
In a case raising the issue of whether the parties' contract violated an FCC regulation which prohibits entities from acquiring toll free telephone...

Port City Props. v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Transportation
Denial of plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction against defendant-railroad, seeking to prevent it from ceasing rail operations servicing...

Wheeler-Dealer v. Christ

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit seeking reformation or rescission of a deed, judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where there was no meeting of the minds when the...

Fifth Third Bank v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Law, M&A, Remedies
In a long-running, Winstar-related case in which plaintiff-banking institution alleged that it was financially injured by actions of the government...