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Carnes Co. v. Stone Creek Mech.

Contracts
In a breach of contract action alleging nonpayment on the part of defendant, the evidence supports the district court's judgment in favor of...

Dreamscape Design, Inc. v. Affinity Network, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Contracts
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint, alleging fraud and breach of contract relating to the cost of long-distance telephone services provided by...

E. St. Louis Laborers Local 100 v. Bellon Wrecking & Salvage Co.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit for breach of a collective bargaining agreement, the grant of plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction is reversed where it has not...

Cunningham v. BHP Petroleum

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In a breach of contract action, once the district court determined it lacked jurisdiction, it should have remanded the case to state court in...

Logan v. JKV Real Estate Serv.

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure
The bankruptcy court erred when it determined that a bankruptcy trustee, as the assignee of certain creditors, did not have standing to sue to recover...

Honeywell Int'l, Inc. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts
In a suit for indemnity, the district court did not err in holding that defendant had no contractual duty to indemnify plaintiff for costs and...

Roanoke Cemet Co. v. Falk Corp.

Contracts
Plaintiff is not entitled to indemnification for losses associated with the failure of a machine part that defendant helped manufacture where the...

Folksamerica Reinsurance Co. v. Clean Water of N.Y.

Admiralty, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insurance contract dispute, the district court erred in concluding that it was without admiralty jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. section 1333(1)...

Lashkajani v. Lashkajani

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Family Law
Parties may, by express provision in a prenuptial agreement, contract away a future obligation to pay attorney's fees and costs during the term of the...

Wright v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute, the district court erred in estopping defendant-insurance company from asserting plaintiff's failure to file a Proof...