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IN RE HOMEOWNERS MORTGAGE AND EQUITY, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
Bankruptcy court correctly decided that Fannie Mae was entitled to a claim on the bankruptcy estate despite the fact that Fannie Mae had already...

US v. 1.377 ACRES OF LAND

Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Restaurateur tenants of a condemned hotel, per their lease terms, have an independent contractual right to a portion of the hotel owner's condemnation...

I.T. CONSULTANTS, INC. v. THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN

Civil Procedure, Contracts, International Law
A foreign sovereign's failure to make a contractually required deposit in a bank in the U.S. meets the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's definition...

ADZICK v. UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AM.

Contracts, Insurance Law
District court's denial of defendant's motion for new trial and expanded findings of fact is reversed. Court erred in determining insurance terms...

VOELKER v. PORSCHE CARS N. AM., INC.

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
Under state law, as an assignee of a New Car Limited Warranty, lessee plaintiff was entitled to enforce the rights arising from that Warranty, thus he...

LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO. v. STATEWIDE INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
An additional-insured endorsement in defendant's policy does not provide illusory coverage, and so is not contrary to public policy, despite...

GUTIERREZ v. AUTOWEST, INC.

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Consumers may challenge a predispute arbitration clause as unconscionable if the fees required to initiate the process are unaffordable, and the...

COMMONWEALTH INS. CO. v. STONE CONTAINER CORP.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Industrial Risk Insurers' "all-risk" insurance policy excludes damages arising from ruptured pressure vessels, and they neither misrepresented the...

CARGO PARTNER AG v. ALBATRANS, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint to recover on a trade debt is affirmed, where defendant could not be held liable for the contract debts of...

THOMPSON v. IMPAXX, INC.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination case presenting an issue concerning covenants not to compete, the covenant was not narrowly drawn and meant to protect...