all - Opinion Summaries

HAMBLETON BROS. v. BALKIN ENTER., INC.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Summary judgment against plaintiff-timber company's claim under Or. Rev. Stat. section 60.645, arising from the alleged breach of a timber contract,...

AM. HOME ASSURANCE CO. v. CHEVRON, INC.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
An oil company may not enforce an indemnity clause, requiring its oilfield service contractor to indemnify the oil company against its own negligence,...

KOTLER v. PACIFICARE

Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, alleging breach of a health care service agreement, is reversed where a triable issue existed as to whether defendant...

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON v. PITOFSKY

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
An arbitration clause of a privately negotiated employment agreement between a broker-dealer and its registered representative employees supersedes...

THATCHER v. KOHL'S DEPT. STORES, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute over footwear, the district court properly ruled that a third party lacked standing to enforce a consent judgment since the...

TRUSTEES v. LACOSTA, INC.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a collective bargaining agreement(CBA) dispute, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where it did not demonstrate an unequivocal...

BRANICK v. DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASS'N

Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts
In case brought under Business and Professions Code sections 17200 and 17500 against savings and loan association, judgment of trial court finding...

SOLANO v. LIONSGATE CORP.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a dispute concerning defendant's performance of a contract, an arbitrator properly decided in favor of plaintiff's False Claims Act charges;...

COLORADO VISIONARY ACAD. v. MEDTRONIC

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Under Colorado law, the tort of negligent misrepresentation can arise from ordinary, arm's length bargaining that is expected to lead to a contractual...

ELEC. ELEC. CONTROL, INC. v. LA UNIFIED SCH. DIST.

Construction, Contracts
In a construction dispute, judgment in favor of plaintiff-subcontractor is affirmed where defendant failed to establish that a replacement...