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In re Dallas Peterbilt, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A writ of mandamus is conditionally granted where the trial court abused its discretion in denying an employer's motion to compel arbitration of...

Seagull Energy E&P, Inc. v. Eland Energy, Inc.

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In an oil and gas lease dispute, a court of appeals judgment reversing a trial court judgment in favor of an operator is reversed where an operating...

Citifinancial Corp v. Harrison

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a dispute involving a loan agreement, plaintiffs' appeal from an order compelling arbitration and staying underyling proceedings is dismissed for...

Arquette Dev. Corp. v. Hodges

Contracts, Debt Collection, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In a dispute over an agreement involving the sale of real property, partial summary judgment for plaintiff holding that his breach of a lease had no...

Liberty Nat'l Life Ins. Co. v. Bailey

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
An order awarding attorneys' fees and costs under Florida Statutes section 627.428 to plaintiff in a breach of contract suit against her insurer is...

Menchise v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for an insurer on a bad faith claim brought on behalf of the bankruptcy estate of an insured involving an underlying automobile...

Gaffney v. Riverboat Servs. of Indiana

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Gaming Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
District court's judgment in an employment retaliation suit is affirmed in part where: 1) plaintiffs were discharged in retaliation for correspondence...

Reddy v. Farkus

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal, for failure to prosecute, of a lawsuit for specific performance against defendants after they refused to close on the sale of certain...

LeMay v. US Postal Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Government Law
Dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction of a putative class action against the United States Postal Service alleging breach of a federal...

Baer Gallery, Inc. v. Citizen's Scholarship Found. of Am., Inc.

Contracts, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute involving the use of plaintiff-art gallery's flag image, summary judgment for defendant, an educational scholarship program, on claims of...