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Cianbro Corp. v. George H. Dean, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In an in rem maritime lien action, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff and an order issuing a declaratory judgment to the...

Pleasures of San Patricio, Inc. v. Mendez-Torres

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
In plaintiff's challenge to a Puerto Rico cigarette excise tax recently imposed on "little cigars" imported from North Carolina, district court's...

Savantage Fin. Servs., Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In plaintiff's pre-award bid protest challenging the terms of a request for proposals from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arguing that...

Wilkins v. Gaddy

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive force by a correctional officer, a court of appeals' affirmance of dismissal of the complaint is...

Davis v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by the family of a person killed during a Hurricane Katrina rescue operation, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs...

Universal Concrete Prod. Corp. v. Turner Constr. Co.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts
In plaintiff-subcontractor's breach of contract suit against a general contractor for refusing to pay $885,507 to the plaintiff for substantial work...

Precision Pine & Timber, Inc. v. US

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
In plaintiff's breach of contract suit against the United States, involving the suspension of fourteen contracts with the U.S. Forest Service that...

McCarther v. Pac. Telesis Group

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' action against their employers alleging they failed to provide paid leave to care for employees' relatives in accordance with Labor...

McCann v. Foster Wheeler LLC

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action brought by a plaintiff suffering from mesothelioma alleging exposure to asbestos from boilers manufactured by defendant, court of appeals...

Suh v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law
Plaintiff-anesthesiologists' petition for a writ of mandate, arising from two anesthesiology contracts with a hospital, is granted where: 1)...