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JESCO CONSTR. CORP. v. NATIONSBANK CORP.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
Because the Louisiana Credit Agreement statute precludes all actions for damages arising from oral credit agreements, the district court's Erie...

LINC EQUIP. SERVS., INC. v. SIGNAL MED. SERVS., INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Remedies
In a claim arising from leased medical equipment which was damaged, under Illinois law the district court properly concluded that plaintiff is not...

FOUFAS v. DRU

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Indian Law
After a dispute between Indian casino managers, a release signed by the parties and governed by California law is read to concern disputes that had...

BBSERCO, INC. v. METRIX CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Under Iowa law, it was not error to submit both a breach of contract claim and a fraud claim to the jury. Evidence supported plaintiff's verdict as...

HENKEL CORP. v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEM. CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under the circumstances, when a corporation acquired a business's product line and assumed its liabilities, the acquiring corporation did not also...

APJ ASSOCS., INC. v. N. AM. PHILIPS CORP.

Commercial Law, Contracts
Fraud in the inducement claims are not actionable where plaintiff failed to show defendant made oral assurances with intent to deceive, and defendant...

AQUINO v. ASIANA AIRLINES, INC.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Neither the Warsaw Convention nor the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 preempt claims alleging that an airline's refusal to let plaintiffs board a...

MACKEY v. BRISTOL WEST INS. SERVS. OF CALIFORNIA, INC.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Notice of cancellation for "nonpayment of premium," issued at a point when an insured had not failed to discharge his premium payment obligation, was...

MORRISON v. CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In discrimination suits against former employers, cost-splitting provision in arbitration agreements were not enforceable, and provisions limiting...

LUIGINO'S, INC. v. PETERSON

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Plaintiff failed to assert facts sufficient to show a causal link between any of defendant's alleged misdeeds and its claim for damages, thus summary...