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The Baker Group v. Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions, Transportation
In an action against a railway company asserting contract and tort claims arising out of a railcar lease agreement, pretrial rulings and judgment as a...

Tamko Roofing Prods., Inc. v. Smith Eng'g Co.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action arising from contracts for the sale and service of certain pollution control devices, a judgment for defendant-corporation on plaintiff's...

Shields v. Gov't Employees Hosp. Ass'n, Inc.

Contracts, Government Benefits, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff against an insurer in a declaratory action to determine coverage for medical expenses arising out of plaintiff's...

HI Ltd. P'ship v. Winghouse of Fla., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress
Judgment against plaintiffs on their claims of trade dress infringement, trade dress dilution, and unjust enrichment, and judgment for one...

AT&T Corp. v. Clarendon Am. Ins. Co.

Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
Court grants AT&T leave to appeal an amended opinion and order granting summary judgment to multiple defendant-insurers, involving coverage under...

Candlewood Timber Group, LLC v. Pan Am. Energy, LLC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Evidence, Government Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
In multinational litigation involving plaintiffs' attempt to recover damages attributed to defendant's breaches of oil and gas extraction permits in...

Street Search Partners, L.P. v. Ricon Int'l, L.L.C.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection
In a dispute involving an unpaid loan, a third party's motion for reargument is denied where the court did not misapprehend the facts or law in...

ZiLOG, Inc. v. Corning

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Sanctions
A bankruptcy court's decisions are reversed as to: 1) grant of summary judgment to a bankruptcy debtor on female employees' sex discrimination claims;...

McFadden v. Alliance Med. Practices, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Sanctions
Grant of defendants' motion to enforce a settlement agreement and a requirement that plaintiff sign a general release is reversed where there was a...

Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc. v. McVeigh

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal, for want of subject-matter jurisdiction, of petitioner-carrier's suit seeking recovery from the proceeds of state-court litigation for a...