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SASSY DOLL CREATIONS, INC. v. WATKINS MOTOR LINES, INC.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
Under the Carmack Amendment, 49 U.S.C. section 14706, where a bill of lading defendant supplied did not give plaintiff "a reasonable opportunity to...

HAWKSPERE SHIPPING CO., LTD. v. INTAMEX, S.A.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
Where a shipper chooses to remit payment by way of a cargo consolidator rather than directly to the carrier, shipper assumes the risk that the...

PERSSON v. SCOTIA PRINCE CRUISES, LTD.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's factual determinations, that ship officers resigned without giving notice and are therefore not entitled to damages for breach of...

NAT'L PARK HOSPITALITY ASS'N v. DEP'T OF THE INTERIOR

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Government Contracts
A National Park Service regulation, purporting to render the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 inapplicable to contracts entered into by concessioners...

N.P., INC. v. TURBOFF

Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
A purchaser of property had a contract right to receive payment from a utility company in exchange for transfer of title to the facilities, and was...

EIDE v. GREY FOX TECH. SERVS. CORP.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Employees' state law claims were not preempted by ERISA, as they sought to recover severance pay and compensation for days off based on employer's...

JOHNSON v. ALL-STATE CONSTR., INC

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Contracts
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals's finding for defendant is reversed, as the government is entitled to withhold progress payments pursuant to...

MICHIGAN BELL TEL. CO. v. MFS INTELENET OF MICHIGAN, INC.

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
A state administrative ruling requiring an incumbent local exchange carrier to provide reciprocal compensation to competing carriers did not violate...

LEASEHOLD EXPENSE RECOVERY, INC. v. MOTHER'S WORK, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Landlord Tenant Law
In an action arising from a contingency fee contract under Texas law, (1) plaintiff was entitled to compensation only for charges that defendant...

KENDA CORPORATION, INC. v. POT O'GOLD MONEY LEAGUES, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a complex suit between two corporations struggling for control over a national billiards league, claims that the district court erred in (1)...