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Lutz v. US Postal Serv.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of a former postmaster's petition for enforcement of a settlement agreement between himself and the Unites States Postal Service is reversed...

Menkes v. Dep't Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Contracts
In case involving ship pilot who sued the Coast Guard after it refused to hire him permanently as an independent pilot unless he rejoined the St....

Padilla Constr. Co. v. Transp. Ins. Co.

Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute arising from a continuous damage construction defect case coverage, where there were successive primary liability...

Minch v. City of Chicago

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a due process challenge to a fire department's mandatory retirement policy, dismissal of the claim is affirmed where the plaintiffs did not have a...

Starrag v. Maersk, Inc.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
In a dispute arising from circumstances in which three machines plaintiff shipped with defendant were damaged while being transported across a...

Davis v. O'Melveny & Myers

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought against former employer-law firm asserting Federal Fair Labor Standards Act and other state and federal labor law claims, an...

Transco Gas Pipe Line Corp. v. FERC

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
Petition for review of order requiring petitioner to reimburse intervenor for difference in cost of natural gas gathering and transport services from...

Worldnet Telecomms., Inc. v. Puerto Rico Tel. Co.

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a challenge to the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico's set terms for an interconnection agreement between the local incumbent...

Texas Indus., Inc. v. Factory Mut. Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
In an action involving a business interruption insurance claim arising from a fire at a cement manufacturing plant, summary judgment for plaintiff is...

Nissan N. Am., Inc. v. Jim M'Lady Oldsmobile, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit to compel arbitration of a dispute regarding plaintiff's termination of defendant's car dealership, summary judgment for defendant is...