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Abstract & Title Guar. Co., Inc. v. Chicago Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insurance dispute over an errors and omissions policy, summary judgment for defendant-insurer is affirmed where: 1) Indiana law allows the use...

TransAmerica Assurance Corp. v. Settlement Capital Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The doctrine of federal sovereign immunity deprives a state court of jurisdiction to approve a transfer of structured-settlement payment rights where...

Lewallen v. Green Tree Servicing, L.L.C.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy action brought to avoid foreclosure on debtor's home, a denial of creditor's motion to dismiss or, alternatively, compel...

City of Pasadena v. Kinsel Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Water Law
In a disputes arising from respondent's contract with petitioner-city to build a wastewater treatment plant, denial of the city's plea to jurisdiction...

City of Arlington v. Matthews

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a city for breach of an employment separation agreement and intentional torts, a court of appeals judgment affirming in part a...

First Commerce Bank v. Palmer

Banking Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection
In a dispute involving two guaranty agreements required by a creditor and given by shareholders of a corporate debtor, a judgment refusing to enforce...

Abilene Housing Auth. v. Gene Duke Builders, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute concerning completion and payment on a contract for repair of housing units, a court of appeals' decision reversing an earlier dismissal...

In re Southwestern Bell Tel. Co., L.P.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
The Public Utility Commission (PUC) has primary jurisdiction to resolve threshold questions about the meaning and effect of certain telephone...

Hubicki v. Festina

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection
In a suit brought for breach of contract and fraud involving a loan, a court of appeals decision affirming a default judgment obtained by plaintiff is...

Rambo Assocs., Inc. v. S. Tama County Cmty. Sch. Dist.

Construction, Contracts, Education Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Remedies
In an action brought by an architectural firm for breach of contract and unjust enrichment against a school district, a judgment in favor of plaintiff...