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Admart AG v. Stephen & Mary Birch Found., Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law, International Trade, Judgement Enforcement, Remedies, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a dispute involving a contract for the purchase of an art exhibit, a judgment confirming a foreign arbitral award under the Convention on the...

Hope v. Klabal

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment to defendants on plaintiff's tort and contract claims arising out of a series of art transactions is affirmed where: 1) voluntary...

Bank of Louisiana v. Aetna US Healthcare Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer in a dispute with a bank involving stop-loss coverage is reversed in part where the district court erred in...

Altadis USA, Inc. v. Sea Star Line, LLC

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Transportation
Holding that Carmack Amendment, and its two-year statute of limitations, was inapplicable, is affirmed where bill of lading incorporated COGSA and its...

Moore v. Lafayette Life Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Judgment for defendants, an insurer and employer, on plaintiff-s ERISA claims, an award of partial attorney's fees and costs, and the imposition of...

Parkwoods Cmty. Ass'n v. California Ins. Guarantee Ass'n

Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
Declaratory judgment that excess insurance policy covering liability of subcontractor defendants does not constitute "other insurance," making claim...

All in the Family Moving & Storage, Inc. v. Latka

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Transportation
A judgment pursuant to a jury trial against a common carrier awarding damages sustained in connection with an interstate move of plaintiffs'...

Free v. Free

Contracts, Family Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A grant of specific performance of a "Contract for Sale and Purchase" and an attached "Land Contract" is affirmed in part over claims that the trial...

Delta Fire Sprinklers, Inc. v. Onebeacon Ins. Co.

Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
Summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's actions against the issuer of a bond involving payment for the installation of a fire protection system is...

Watt v. GMAC Mortgage Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), mortgage servicers are allowed to charge a fee for information provided in response to...