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SCOTT TIMBER CO. v. US

Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts
In a dispute arising over the suspension of timber contracts to protect the marbled murrelet bird, five of the contracts at issue do not grant the...

OSLER INST., INC. v. FORDE

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute arising over a non-compete clause in an employment agreement, the district court's decision to enter summary judgment in favor of the...

REAVES BROKERAGE CO., INC. v. SUNBELT FRUIT & VEGETABLE CO., INC.

Agriculture, Contracts
Summary judgment in favor of plaintiff for reimbursement under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 7 U.S.C. sections 499a-499s, is affirmed...

CHINA MINMETALS MATERIALS IMPORT AND EXPORT CO., LTD. v. CHI MEI CORP.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The district court improperly enforced a foreign arbitration panel's award where that panel, in finding that it had jurisdiction, rejected defendant's...

SKYWALKER COMMUNICATIONS OF INDIANA, INC. v. SKYWALKER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts
The dismissal of plaintiff's contract-based diversity suit as barred by Indiana's statute of frauds is affirmed.

AM. INDEM. LLOYDS v. TRAVELERS PROP. & CAS. INS. CO.

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
District court's dismissal with prejudice of an insurer's suit under Texas law, seeking to recover one-half of funds it paid in settlement and...

GREEN TREE FIN. CORP. v. BAZZLE

Banking Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
An arbitrator must determine whether contracts between a commercial lender and its customers, containing a clause providing for arbitration of all...

ITPE PENSION FUND v. HALL

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA
In determining whether corporate officers may have imputed fiduciary duties and held personally liable for unpaid contributions when the governing...

COOK INC. v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district judge did not err in finding that a transaction between plaintiff and a third party was a de facto assignment under Washington law, and...

HONOLULU JOINT APPRENTICESHIP & TRAINING COMM. OF UNITED ASS'N LOCAL UNION NO. 675

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
A union training program operator's action to enforce terms of an agreement with a trainee, seeking costs advanced under a scholarship loan agreement,...