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Bullock v. Dressel

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for union defendant on plaintiffs' claims under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act and a breach of a duty of fair...

Wachovia Bank, Nat'l Ass'n v. Schmidt

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Tax Law
For purposes of federal-court diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. section 1348, a national bank is a citizen of the state in which its main office,...

Wachovia Bank, Nat'l Ass'n v. Schmidt

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Tax Law
For purposes of federal-court diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. section 1348, a national bank is a citizen of the state in which its main office,...

Qwest Corp. v. City of Surprise

Communications Law, Contracts, Government Law, Tax Law
Summary judgment for municipal defendants on plaintiff-communication company's claim that defendants' telecommunications licensing and franchise...

Strebel v. Brenlar Invs., Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Judgment of damages for plaintiff in a real estate fraud case involving plaintiff's contract to buy an encumbered house is affirmed where there was no...

Positive Software Solutions, Inc. v. New Century Mortgage Corp.

Contracts, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Trade Secrets
Judgment vacating an arbitration award in a copyright and trade secrets case is vacated insofar as it impermissibly regulated a subsequent arbitration...

Mitskovski v. Buffalo & Fort Erie Pub. Bridge Auth.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Order remanding a case asserting environmental claims to state court for failure to comply with a local court rule is vacated where the remand order...

Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Media Law, Tax Law
Documents submitted to a court in support of or in opposition to a motion for summary judgment are judicial documents to which a presumption of...

Affordable Hous. Dev. Corp. v. City of Fresno

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment for defendants, a municipality and individuals, on various discrimination claims regarding a city council's disapproval of certain bonds...

LGS Architects, Inc. v. Concordia Homes of Nevada

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Copyright, Intellectual Property
Denial of a preliminary injunction for plaintiff, architectural firm, to prohibit defendant, a client, from using plaintiff's copyrighted designs on...