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Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL v. Cruz

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit by an insurer to recover funds from an insured after the insured received money in a settlement with the injurer, dismissal of the suit is...

Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. v. DiMartinis

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
In a suit involving an employee's move to a competitor, appeal from a denial of a preliminary injunction is dismissed as moot where the end date for...

Bank of America, FSB v. US

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Tax Law
In a suit involving a series of banking transactions and regulations, district court judgment is affirmed where there was no reversible error in the...

Monroe v. AR State Univ.

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a suit involving plaintiff's dismissal from a nursing program, denial of summary judgment is reversed where: 1) the Eleventh Amendment bars suit...

Sokol & Assocs., Inc. v. Techsonic Indus., Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts
In a suit involving the breach of a sales representative agreement, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where plaintiff did not present...

Emergency Med. Servs., Inc. v. St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit to recover the costs of defending a personal injury and medical malpractice suit from an insurance carrier, summary judgment for plaintiff...

ClearOne Comms, Inc. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit involving the rescission of an insurance contract after the discovery of financial misrepresentations on the application, summary judgment...

Goodman v. Praxair, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law
Dismissal of amended complaint for breach of contract is reversed where the district court erred in applying Maryland's three-year statute of...

Wang v. Wal-Mart Real Estate Bus. Trust

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In action for breach of contract, fraud, conspiracy to defraud and other theories, arising from dispute over sale of two parcels of plaintiffs' real...

Phillips v. Audio Active Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
Dismissal of Pete Rock's copyright infringement complaint for improper venue is affirmed as to the forum selection clause requiring proceedings be...