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Allton v. Hintzsche

Contracts, Family Law, Insurance Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an estate dispute, an order directing an insurance company to pay the proceeds of a life insurance policy to plaintiff, decedent's ex-wife, is...

OneBeacon Ins. Co. v. Don's Building Supply Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Product Liability, Property Law & Real Estate
Questions of law are certified to the Supreme Court of Texas regarding: 1) the proper rule under Texas law for determining the time at which property...

Grand Trunk W. R.R. Inc. v. Bhd. of Maint. of Way Employees Div.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Transportation
Grant of a preliminary injunction to plaintiff-railroad enjoining defendant-union from exercising self-help over a dispute concerning changes to the...

Millennium Partners, L.P. v. Colmar Storage, LLC

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
In subrogation dispute arising from the flooding of a coffee storage warehouse, judgments in favor of plaintiffs are affirmed where the district court...

Powell v. Omnicom

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving allegations of employment discrimination by a 52 year old African American woman, denial of plaintiff's motion under Rule 60(b),...

Chauvin v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by homeowners against their insurers, alleging that their homes were totally destroyed in Hurricanes Katrina and/or Rita, an...

New Jersey Transit Corp. v. Harsco Corp.

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In an action brought by a transit agency raising claims for negligence, product liability, and breach of warranties arising from a contract to procure...

Frontier Oil Corp. v. RLI Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Oil and Gas Law
In insurance coverage dispute over insurer's duty to defend plantiffs in several personal injury actions arising from the operation of an oil and gas...

Hendricks v. Compass Group, USA, Inc.

Contracts, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit for wages to which plaintiff claimed entitlement under the Family Medical Leave Act and a collective bargaining agreement, summary judgment...

US v. Peck

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A 420 month sentence pursuant to defendant's pleas to the sexual exploitation of a child, possession of child pornography, and distribution of cocaine...