all - Opinion Summaries

RAYTHEON CONSTR. INC. v. ASARCO INC.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A successor-in-interest was not an "operator" or "arranger" under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA),...

WARD v. SHONEY'S INC.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The jury could properly find, based on its own understanding of human nature, that people sometimes "cut corners," thus no expert testimony was needed...

FREEMAN v. SAN DIEGO ASS'N OF REALTORS

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Real estate trade associations were not a single entity immune from Sherman Act section 1 scrutiny, and no other proffered defenses are valid, thus a...

SUHAR v. BURNS

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Recovery, a statutory mechanism through which property may be returned to an estate, was unnecessary where an assignee mortgage company's interest...

TIMNEY v. LIN

Asset Forfeiture, Contracts, Judgement Enforcement, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An illegal forfeiture provision is unenforceable, even if the illegal provision is included in a settlement agreement.

NEIGHBORS OF CAVITT RANCH v. COUNTY OF PLACER (BAYSIDE COVENANT CHURCH)

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The trial court properly denied a writ of mandate to vacate the County's certification of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR), and the County did not...

SEC. & EXCH. COMM'N v. HICKEY

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
The inherent equitable power of a district court allows it to freeze the assets of a non-party, when that non-party is dominated and controlled by a...

JOHN G. DANIELSON, INC. v. WINCHESTER-CONANT PROPS., INC.

Construction, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute concerning a land developer's infringement of architectural drawings, defendant's affirmative defenses and plaintiff's unfair competition...

KOIKOS v. TRAVELERS INS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
When an insured restaurant owner was sued based on negligent failure to provide adequate security, under the terms of the general liability insurance...

US v. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Court of Federal Claims had Indian Tucker Act jurisdiction over a tribe's suit against the U.S. for breach of fiduciary duty to manage land and...