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Waterfowl Ltd. Liab. Co. v. US

Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A judgment against defendant-government finding that its mineral royalty, attached to mineral servitudes on certain land, had prescribed in accordance...

Mitchell v. Beneficial Loan & Thrift Co.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendant-lender on a claim that it violated the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA) is affirmed where fees...

Bear v. Patton

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
For purposes of determining a state-court judgment's finality in the context of the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, if a lower state court issues a judgment...

Grace United Methodist Church v. City of Cheyenne

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute involving defendant-city's denial of a license for a church to operate a daycare in a residential zone, a judgment in favor of the city...

McCormick v. Braverman

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, Elder Law, Family Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Dismissal of plaintiffs' cases against defendants involving their allegedly illegal interference with her ownership of property is affirmed where the...

Handloff v. City Council of City of Newark

Administrative Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A petition for certiorari review of a decision of a city council denying an application for a subdivision and a parking waiver for a proposed...

Spencer v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a slip and fall suit, defendant-retailer's motion in limine to exclude the testimony of plaintiff's expert on the issue of negligence in snow...

Troumouhis v. State of Delaware

Construction, Contracts, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a contract dispute involving a lease between the parties, defendant's motion for summary judgment is granted where a provision in the lease at...

Sprint Telephony PCS v. County of San Diego

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Trial court's upholding of defendant county's Wireless Telecommunications Ordinance (WTO) is affirmed over claims that: 1) wireless telecommunications...

Farlow v. Wyndham Int'l, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case arising from a slip and fall accident at a hotel, plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted, and service of process shall...