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Torres v. City of San Diego

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts
In case involving suit by former board members of city employee retirement system over defense costs in a civil action brought by the city attorney,...

Winter v. Cath-dr/Balti Joint Venture

Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute involving a fixed price contract with the Navy for external renovation of a historic dental research facility, a decision finding in...

Shroyer v. New Cingular Wireless Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action suit alleging plaintiffs suffered injuries as a result of the 2004 merger between Cingular Wireless and AT&T, an order...

GWTP Invs., L.P. v. SES Americom, Inc.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a suit for breach of contract, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty arising from defendant's alleged agreement to purchase teleports on plaintiff's...

Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund v. Zeneca Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Remedies
In an action against a drug maker alleging it engaged in deceptive conduct in the advertising of its new drug Nexium, dismissal of the complaint with...

Dist. Council No. 16 of the Int'l Union of Painters & Allied Trades v. B & B Glass, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In construction industry labor litigation brought by a union against a Texas company, grant of the company's motion to dismiss the union's petition to...

United National Ins. Co. v. Hydro Tank, Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute over insurance coverage for a settlement of an underlying suit brought by workers injured during sludge removal conducted pursuant to a...

Davis v. US

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Family Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
In an action seeking a declaratory judgment to determine the amount of financial support that plaintiff owes to his wife, from whom he is legally...

Kennedy v. Plan Admin. for Dupont Savings & Inv. Plan

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA dispute, summary judgment awarding an estate benefits under a retirement plan is affirmed in part as to a denial of attorney's fees for...

Lindsay v. Yates

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought under federal and state anti-discrimination laws against defendants asserting that they terminated a real-estate sales contract with...