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FLAGG v. YONKERS SAVINGS AND LOAN

Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Federal law preempts the field of mortgage escrow accounts held by federal savings associations.

LYKES LINES LTD. v. M/V BBC SEALAND

Contracts, International Trade, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging breach of a shipping contract, defendant unsuccessfully appeals a judgment denying the lien it claimed against cargo owned by...

KALAMAZOO ACQUISITIONS v. WESTFIELD INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for breach of a contract for commercial property insurance, plaintiff is barred from bringing the action on the ground that it entered...

PMI MORTGAGE INS. CO. v. AM. INT'L

Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an insurance policy coverage dispute, judgment in favor of defendant-insurer is reversed where the plain text of the plaintiff's policy and the...

US v. KAMA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of defendant's motion to return property seized is affirmed where defendant waived the threshold issue of whether the district court abused its...

SHURGARD STORAGE CTR. v. LIPTON-U. CITY, LLC

Commercial Law, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute concerning a lease agreement, judgment in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where the district court properly ordered rescission on the...

MUZZY RANCH CO. v. SOLANO COUNTY

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Defendant's adoption of an airport land use compatibility plan was a "project" as used in the California Environmental Quality Act since the adoption...

INLINE, INC. v. A.V.L. HOLDING CO.

Debt Collection, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
The restitution remedy authorized by the Unfair Business Practices Act does not include 1) the reimbursement of money expended by a plaintiff to...

PRINIPAL LIFE INS. CO. v. ROBINSON

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The appropriate standard for determining ripeness of private party contract disputes is the traditional ripeness standard, namely, whether "there is a...

ANDREWS v. MOBILE AIRE ESTATES

Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a breach of contract action, the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiffs' cause of action for breach of...