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Caldwell Trucking v. Rexon Tech. Corp.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
The text of a retention of liabilities provision in a stock purchase agreement requires assumption of CERCLA responsibilities by the seller, rather...

Dell Merk, Inc. v. Franzia

Banking Law, Construction, Contracts
In a suit arising from a defaulted payment obligation for a construction contract, judgment against plaintiff-bank is affirmed over its claim that...

Arizona Cartridge v. Lexmark Int'l Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court properly found that plaintiff has offered no evidence that defendant's advertisements constitute deceptive or unfair business...

Redondo-Borges v. US Dep't of Housing

Civil Rights, Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim, alleging breach of a construction contract, is affirmed where the complaint fails to state cognizable causes of action...

Nelson v. United Steelworkers of Am.

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute over the terms of a modified collective bargaining agreement, the district court erred when it denied plaintiffs' motion to remand to...

PFT Roberson, Inc. v. Volvo Trucks

Contracts
In a contract dispute, judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed over its claim that an email containing 572 words, which recaps the parties'...

West Coast Life Ins. v. Ward

Contracts, Insurance Law
Plaintiff-insurance company properly rescinded a life insurance policy based on a material misrepresentation that defendant made on the insurance...

Franceschi v. Hosp. Gen. San Carlos, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment contract dispute, defendant's attempt to compel arbitration is dismissed based on its failure to pursue an interlocutory appeal after...

Hawthorne v. Reliance Ins. Co.

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
The McCarran-Ferguson Act does not bar the federal diversity statute, 28 U.S.C. section 1332, from preempting Pennsylvania's rehabilitation and...

Altimore v. Mount Mercy College

Contracts, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant-employer did not breach its employment relationship with plaintiff since he resigned his position by refusing to return to teach as required...