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Twin City Fire Ins. Co. v. Ohio Cas. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a diversity insurance coverage dispute governed by Alabama law, summary judgment for defendant, finding that a no-action clause in the policy bars...

Walnut Grove Partners, L.P. v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against an insurer seeking a declaratory judgment, claiming breach of contract, statutory bad faith, and breach of implied-in-law duty of...

McAtee v. Capital One, F.S.B.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
A decision remanding a class action removed under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) to state court is affirmed where CAFA and its removal...

Employee Painters' Trust v. Ethan Enters., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for delinquent contributions brought by trusts that administer employee benefit plans, denial of relief from default judgments against...

CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. Werner Enters.

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets, Transportation
In an action involving a corporation's allegations that its competitor lured away employees who had signed employment contracts, dismissal of common...

Hammersmith v. TIG Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute over insurance coverage arising out of an accident at the Pittsburgh International Airport, summary judgment to the excess insurer is...

Universal Guar. Life Ins. Co. v. Coughlin

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
Bankruptcy court decision that a loan was not secured by the bankrupt hospital's accounts receivable is reversed where there was no contradiction or...

Dunmire v. Schneider

Administrative Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit to recover losses allegedly incurred by the negligence of a commodities broker, dismissal of the plaintiff's case is affirmed where the suit...

In re: Napster, Inc. Copyright Litig.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Evidence, Intellectual Property
In a civil case in which outright disclosure of attorney-client communications is sought under the crime-fraud exception: 1) both parties have a right...

Cascade Crossing II, LLC v. Radioshack Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In case involving relevance and application of a statutory cap on attorneys' fees under Georgia law in a contract dispute, the Court of Appeals...