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Wittenberg v. Beachwalk Homeowners Association

Corp. Governance, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment for defendant homeowners association in plaintiffs' suit to void its election to amend its bylaws, is reversed, where: 1) the trial court...

SB Liberty, LLC v. Isla Verde Association, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The trial court's denial of plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to enjoin defendant-homeowners association and its Board from...

PPL Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, Tax Law
The U.K. one-time "windfall tax" imposed on privatized companies in 1997 and paid by petitioner, is creditable under Internal Revenue Code section...

SEC v. Bankosky

Corp. Governance, Securities Law
The district court's post-judgment order barring defendant from serving as an officer or director of a public company for ten years, pursuant to...

Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Constitutional Law
The Alien Tort Statute does not reach conduct occurring in a foreign sovereign's territory, where: 1) the presumption against extraterritoriality...

Bourhis v. Lord

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
A corporation that files notices of appeal while its corporate powers are suspended for failing to pay its taxes, may proceed with the appeals after...

Greb v. Diamond International Corporation

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
Corporations Code section 2010, which governs the winding-up and survival of dissolved corporations, does not apply to foreign corporations, i.e.,...

Carolina Casualty v. L.M. Ross Law Group

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Insurance Law, Legal Malpractice
In coverage action for declaratory relief and reimbursement arising out of payment by plaintiff-insurer to settle a legal malpractice claim against...

Ludlow, MA v. US

Asset Forfeiture, Banking Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In interpleader action filed by bank to determine who had the right to the surplus proceeds remaining following foreclosure on, and sale of,...

Gibbons v. Malone

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In shareholder action seeking disgorgement of profits that defendant director and shareholder realized after numerous transactions in the Company's...