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Hansen v. PT Bank Negara Indonesia

Banking Law, Civil Procedure
In an action claiming that defendant Indonesian state bank refused to honor certain financial instruments on the grounds that they were fraudulent and...

Agere Sys., Inc. v. Advanced Envt'l Tech. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit against twenty-three defendants for cost recovery and contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,...

Crimson Yachts v. Betty Lyn II Motor Yacht

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action seeking to enforce a maritime lien for major repairs plaintiff performed on a motor yacht, the dismissal of plaintiff's in rem claims...

Knutson v. Fargo

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action arising out of flooding that occurred on plaintiffs' property, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where the district court was...

Lora v. O'Heaney

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on abuse plaintiff allegedly suffered while in a correctional facility, defendants' appeal from the denial of...

United Enters., Inc. v. Superior Ct. (Royal Indem. Co.)

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
In an action by an insurer seeking a declaration that it was not required to defend petitioner in an underlying suit for recovery of environmental...

Salenga v. Mitsubishi Motors Cred. of Am., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a cross-complaint seeking to restrict the business practice in which creditors obtained deficiency judgments against vehicle buyers who had...

Porter v. Wyner

Civil Procedure, Evidence
In an action alleging defendant's failure to follow through on a promise allegedly made to plaintiffs during a mediation of an underlying action...

Halmekangas v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
In an action seeking home insurance proceeds arising out of Hurricane Katrina, the district court's denial of plaintiff's motion to remand to state...

Berik Stiftung v. Plains Mktg., L.P.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an action alleging that defendants purchased assets in a Canadian pipeline without the consent of its true owner, the dismissal of the complaint is...