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COMMONWEALTH OF THE N. MARIANA ISLANDS v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute concerning ownership rights to land in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands(CNMI), the US acquired paramount interest in the...

PARKS v. WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC.

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
A jury verdict in favor of plaintiff's breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty claims does not support an award of emotional distress and...

GREENWOOD ASSOC. v. PERRY

Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Denial of plaintiff's claim for a reimbursement of real estate taxes is affirmed where the Board of Contract Appeals properly construed the tax...

OLEN COMMERCIAL REALTY CORP. v. COUNTY OF ORANGE

Construction, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Plaintiff's appeal from an adverse judgment on its action for refund of property taxes is dismissed over its challenge to the Assessor's valuation of...

In re Application of the County Treasurer

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In the matter of a motion to have an order directing the county clerk to issue a tax deed vacated, dismissal of the appeal from the denial of that...

REGENCY OUTDOOR ADVER. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an inverse condemnation action, the partial obstruction of plaintiff's billboards, caused by defendant-City's planting of palm trees, is not...

SUPERIOR BANK v. BOYD

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment in favor of defendant, avoiding plaintiff-bank's mortgage on his real property, is affirmed where plaintiff is not entitled to have...

GREENE v. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiff-Indian Tribe's suit, seeking to recover land that they claim was wrongfully taken from the Tribe's ancestors, is dismissed where the claim...

JONES v. ETRADE MORTGAGE CORP.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim under the Truth in Lending Act is reversed where the construction of defendant-lender's Lock-in Disclosure and...

CITY OF RIVERVIEW v. SURFACE TRANSP. BD.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
The Surface Transportation Board's grant of a railroad company's request to operate an intermodal transportation facility on plaintiff-City's property...