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WALLS v. AMERISURE MUT. INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a claim for insurance coverage from an automobile accident, summary judgment is reversed where the district court failed to address whether...

OTTO CANDIES, L.L.C. v. NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI CORP.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
General maritime law cautiously recognizes the tort of negligent misrepresentation as applied to vessel classification societies, and on the facts...

E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO. v. OKULEY

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court lacked jurisdiction to review the inventorship of an unissued patent, and summary judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed in an action...

SEHULSTER TUNNELS/PRE-CON v. TRAYLOR BROTHERS, INC../OBAYASHI CORP.

Construction, Contracts
In an action arising out of an underwater tunnel project, because the City did not breach its contract with defendant, as a matter of law City cannot...

KIRKLAND v. LEGION INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Sanctions
An order holding the insurer of health and welfare plan trustees in contempt was a civil order, and was thus appealable; the insurer's rehabilitation...

WORLDCOM, INC. v. GRAPHNET, INC.

Communications Law, Contracts
The district court erred by concluding that plaintiff cannot recover as a matter of law, based on the fact the contracts for telecommunications...

HADNOT v. BAY, LTD.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The district court did not err in holding the arbitration provision of an employment contract valid and enforceable, after striking a ban on the...

ASA-BRANDT, INC. v. ADM INVESTOR SERVS., INC.

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Contracts
A fiduciary relationship existed between farmers and grain elevator, and breach of contract damages including an award of punitive damages against the...

HOSKINS v. BEKINS VAN LINES

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Summary judgment for a common carrier is affirmed in a suit stemming from loss or damage to plaintiff's personal belongings as a result of a move of...

SAPIC v. GOV'T OF TURKMENISTAN

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law
A third-party foreign government that did not sign a joint venture agreement was not subject to the jurisdiction of the International Chamber of...