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Jafari v. EMC Ins. Cos.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In coverage dispute stemming from an action in which a customer sued the insured for, among other claims, assault and battery committed by the...

Board of Trustees of the Cal. State Univ. v. Public Employee Relations Bd.

Contracts, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case where petitioner was precluded by respondent from insisting that a memorandum of understanding contained limits on the authority of an...

Metoyer v. Chassman

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law
A defendant cannot raise a mixed-motive defense to liability for discrimination claims brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1981, and such defense, even if...

Sanders v. Brown

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Government Law
Noerr-Pennington immunity protects a private party from liability for the act of negotiating a settlement with a state entity. In an indirect legal...

The United City of Yorkville v. The Vill. of Sugar Grove

Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit arising from a jurisdictional boundary line agreement between plaintiff and defendant, the trial court's orders 1) granting Sugar Grove...

Slesinger v. Walt Disney Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Sanctions
When a plaintiff's deliberate and egregious misconduct makes any sanction other than dismissal inadequate to ensure a fair trial, the trial court has...

Cienega Gardens v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Benefits, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In cases involve takings claims arising from the enactment of the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act (ELIHPA) and the Low-Income Housing...

Experimental Holdings, Inc. v. Farris

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by a disappointed bidder under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law alleging a deprivation of property without due process and...

Wolfe v. Wolf

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Professional Malpractice
In a consolidated action involving a legal malpractice action brought by plaintiff and a breach of contract action brought by defendant to which...

Karris v. US Equities Development, Inc.

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a complaint seeking specific performance of a contract for the sale of a developed property, order granting summary judgment to the defendants is...