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BROWN v. US

Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
A two-step transaction among husband, wife, and the IRS was properly treated as if the husband had paid gift taxes directly. Any increase in the...

IN RE BEVAN

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A creditor did not become equitably subrogated to an IRS claim when the creditor eliminated the IRS's right of redemption in certain property that...

YSIEM CORP. v. COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.

Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of a breach of contract action under Puerto Rico law, seeking specific performance or damages for breach of a ground lease agreement, is...

FATTAHI v. BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO & FIREARMS

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An ATF agent's disclosure of plaintiff's federal firearms license application to the legal counsel of plaintiff's condominium association satisfied...

HEYDON v. MEDIAONE OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, INC.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
The Cable Communications Policy Act did not provide a private cause of action to plaintiffs, in an action challenging defendant's ability to enter...

CUNA MUT. LIFE. INS. CO. v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY METRO. TRANSP. AUTH.

Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A property owner is entitled to recover reasonable costs incurred to mitigate damage to property that the owner reasonably believes would be caused by...

CLAXTON v. ATL. RICHFIELD CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiff presented substantial evidence of prior similar incidents, in a tort action against gas station owners for failure to take reasonable steps...

HILLSBORO PROPS. v. PUB. UTILS. EXCH. COMM'N

Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Public Utilities Commission 1) exercised proper authority in ordering a mobilehome park owner to re-calculate net operating income to exclude certain...

PALMER v. SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for injuries sustained when an elevator suddenly dropped several floors, exclusion of the details of plaintiff's past personal...

FED'N OF ADVER. INDUS. REPRESENTATIVES, INC. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Repeal of a city ordinance regulating placement of alcohol and cigarette advertising rendered an ongoing case and controversy moot where the repeal...