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LEBER v. UNIVERSAL MUSIC & VIDEO DISTRIB., INC.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
The district court properly dismissed claims by laid-off workers, alleging breach of a collective bargaining agreement, where named defendants could...

ARMSTRONG v. AM. HOME SHIELD CORP.

Commercial Law, Contracts
Summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action for breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation and fraud, alleging that plaintiffs were not...

NAT'L RR. PASSENGER CORP. v. EXPRESSTRAK, L.L.C.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Transportation
District court order compelling arbitration of disputes concerning the parties' lease agreements, as well as the injunction disallowing performance...

AMEREN SERVS. CO. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
FERC correctly interpreted a settlement agreement between plaintiff and a municipal utilities company unambiguously prohibits plaintiff from adjusting...

AMERITECH INFO. SYS. v. BAR CODE RESOURCES

Contracts
Damages in a breach-of-contract claim for failure to install a fully functioning warehouse management system are affirmed. Damages were what plaintiff...

YOUNG v. GORDON

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Sanctions
Dismissal of action for breach of contract and tortious interference with business relationships is affirmed, for plaintiff's repeated failures to...

SILVERS v. SONY ENTM'T PICTURES, INC.

Contracts, Copyright, Intellectual Property
An accrued cause of action for copyright infringement may be assigned to a third party, thereby granting the assignee the right to sue for the...

DISTRICT NO. 1 - MARINE ENG'RS BENEFICIAL ASS'N v. GFC CRANE CONSULTANTS, INC.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
A continuation clause in a collective bargaining agreement, which is textually applicable only to proposed modifications of the agreement, should not...

SPAHR v. SECCO

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. section 4, does not dictate that an arbitrator, rather than the court, decide a mental capacity challenge to a...

NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO. v. HOME INS. CO.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In a dispute over a re-insurance contract, an arbitration panel exceeded its authority in ordering payment to a non-party to the contract and...