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Fairbanks Northstar Borough v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a dispute over the classification of land as wetlands protected by Clean Water Act, dismissal for lack of jurisdiction due to lack of a final...

Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Fed. Energy Regulation Comm-n

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a challenge to denial of a license to build a hydroelectric power plant, petitions to review denial of the license and denial of applicant's...

Grabowski v. Mangler

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a negligence action against plaintiffs' co-employees who were engaged in horseplay at a job site that injured plaintiff, summary judgment for...

Quattrocchi v. F.J. Sciame Constr. Co.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of partial summary judgment on a claim under Labor Law section 240(1), the "Scaffold Law," is affirmed where: 1) "falling object" liability...

In re: M & S Grading, Inc.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising out of the bankruptcy of an excavation company that participated in employee-benefit plans wherein the plans and their trustees...

Great W. Drywall, Inc. v. Roel Constr., Inc.

Construction, Contracts, Remedies
In a claim arising from a construction subcontract in which plaintiff challenged the sufficiency of evidence to support certain items of damage that...

Oglala Sioux Tribe v. C & W Enters.

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Indian Law, Judgement Enforcement
In a construction contract dispute involving a federally recognized Native American tribe, an order enjoining a South Dakota state court from...

Schaffter v. Creative Capital Leasing Group

Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a contract claim related to a real estate transaction, judgment in favor of plaintiffs is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) the court erred by...

Padilla v. Pomona College

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Workers' Compensation
In an action for personal injury and premises liability arising from a worksite injury during the remodel of a dormitory at defendant Pomona College,...

Zanelli v. McGrath

Construction, M&A, Property Law & Real Estate
In a property matter, judgment quieting title to an adjacent property owned by defendant is affirmed where the easement benefiting plaintiff and...