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Elias Real Estate, LLC v. Tseng

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In real estate dispute, award of specific performance to plaintiff is reversed where the purchase agreement was not enforceable against the...

City of New York v. Welsbach Elec. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In indemnification and contribution action by plaintiff city against defendant regarding defendant's maintenance of traffic signals relative to a car...

Hester v. DC

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law
In case involving then-17-year-old D.C. public school student who was convicted in Maryland with whom defendant DC agreed to provide special education...

Amschwand v. Spherion Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Remedies
Under ERISA section 502(a)(3), 29 U.S.C. section 1132(a)(3), "other appropriate equitable relief" does not permit recovery of extracontractual, or...

Edmonson Prop. Mgmt. v. Kwock

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In contribution action arising from underlying personal injury action against landlord and property manager, judgment finding defendant-insurer owed...

United Mine Workers v. Brushy Creek Coal Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by mine workers and their union under the Taft-Hartley Act and ERISA alleging that a health plan negotiated by the parties guaranteed the...

Murphy v. Check -N Go of Cal., Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of defendant's motion to compel arbitration of wage and hour case filed by plaintiff is affirmed where the class action waiver in the...

Chiba v. Greenwald

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Family Law
In suit brought by cohabitating partner of deceased musician against his estate, sustaining of demurrer to complaint is affirmed where the trial court...

ConArt, Inc. v. Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In dispute between subcontractor and general contractor related to construction of a building on the University of Alabama campus, appeal from order...

Global NAPs, Inc. v. Verizon New England, Inc.

Communications Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law
In a suit concerning an agency's interpretation of an interconnection agreement between telecommunications companies regarding reciprocal compensation...