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Ford v. Exxon Mobil Chem. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit involving one pipeline, two litigants, three tracts, and four deeds wherein petitioner granted a pipeline easement across three tracts of...

Vierra v. WCAB

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Workers' Compensation
Decision finding that a written attorney's fee agreement was not binding is affirmed over claim that respondent's decision is inconsistent with the...

Merrill Lynch & Co. v. Allegheny Energy Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, M&A
In contract dispute, multi-million-dollar judgment for plaintiffs is reversed in part where the legal arguments relied on by the district court and...

Merrick v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In an action stemming from defendant-insurers' denial of plaintiff's disability insurance claim, a jury verdict awarding $1.65 million in compensatory...

Leonard v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a homeowner's policy coverage dispute arising from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a judgment for...

McAuley v. Fed. Ins. Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action arising from a plan's denial of claims for benefits under policies of insurance against accidental death, dismissal of plaintiffs'...

168th and Dodge, LP v. Rave Reviews Cinemas, LLC

Commercial Law, Construction, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought by a commercial property development company against the owner of a chain of movie theaters for breach of express contract, breach...

Teachers Retirement Bd. v. Genest

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In dispute over legislation which reduced the state's obligation to fund the Supplemental Benefit Maintenance Account of the Teachers' Retirement Fund...

Steet Metal Workers' Int'l Ass'n Local Union No. 2 v. McElroy's, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute between a union and defendant-mechanical contractor arising from defendant's refusal to renew a pre-hire agreement upon its expiration,...

In Re: Louis A. Gencarelli

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
In a bankruptcy dispute over a commercial lender's right to receive a bargained-for prepayment penalty from a solvent debtor, judgment for debtor is...