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N. Star Steel Co. v. US

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a suit brought against the government by a manufacturer of steel products for breach of a contract involving power-transmission payments, a...

Grochal v. Ocean Tech. Servs.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving bankrupt ship repair and reconditioning company, an award of interpleaded funds to unpaid subcontractors rather than to the...

Level 3 Communications, L.L.C. v. City of St. Louis, Missouri

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
Only after a party seeking preemption shows that a local municipality has violated section 253(a) of the Telecommunication Act of 1996 by formally or...

Long Island Savings Bank, FSB v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a Winstar-related case, summary judgment for banks on the government's counterclaim and affirmative defenses and an award for the banks in the...

Bianchi v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
In a case arising from contracts to produce military clothing and defaulted loans to finance plaintiff's performance of the contracts, dismissal of...

Lebeau v. US

Class Actions, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law
In a class action brought against the government under the Little Tucker Act for breach of trust based on what plaintiffs asserted was the Secretary...

Citizens Fed. Bank v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Remedies
In a Winstar related case, a ruling holding that the government breached an agreement with a savings and loan company that the latter could use a...

Kemp Bros. Constr., Inc. v. Titan Elec. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Remedies
In a breach of contract suit brought by a prime contractor on two public works projects against its former subcontractor, a judgment finding that...

California Commerce Casino, Inc. v. Scwarzenegger

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Gaming Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law
In an action involving challenges to a bill ratifying gaming compacts between the state and Indian tribes, an appeal from dismissal pursuant to a...

Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Illinois v. Illinois Educ. Labor Relations Bd.

Education Law, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In consolidated appeals involving parking problems at the University of Illinois, administrative judgement in favor of the unions is affirmed where...