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Charleston Housing Auth. v. USDA

Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiff-housing authority may not proceed with its revitalization plan where the tenants in the housing have established a prima facie case that...

Popky v. US

Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Plaintiffs unsuccessfully appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in the government's favor in connection with their attempt to recover...

M&A Gabaee v. Community Redevelopment

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
The doctrine of Younger abstention applies when a parallel state-court proceeding has formally begun, even if the proceedings have not yet reached the...

IBM Personal Pension Plan v. City of San Francisco

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In a suit to recover property taxes, plaintiff lacked standing to seek the refund of the taxes paid because it did not pay them, as required by...

In Re: Cmty. Bank of N. Virginia

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action alleging an illegal home equity lending scheme, a settlement order is vacated where the "settlement only" class was never properly...

Smith v. Cent. Arizona Water Conservation Dist.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Water Law
Incidental beneficiaries may not assert claims predicated upon a federal contract in the absence of a clear intent to confer an enforceable right.

Siebrasse v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Property Law & Real Estate
The US Department of Agriculture properly refused to restore two sections of land that plaintiff inherited from his father to the Production...

Green Acres Enter. v. US

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiff's Federal Tort Claims Act(FTCA) suit is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where it failed the FTCA's private analogue requirement.

Santiago v. GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc.

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act(RESPA) does not include a cause of action for overcharges imposed by a mortgage broker for settlement...

Trend Homes, Inc. v. Super. Ct. of Fresno

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
A provision found in home purchase contracts, which requires homebuyers who sue the builders of the homes to submit the dispute to judicial reference,...