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EL POLLO LOCO, INC. v. HASHIM

Civil Procedure, Contracts
The discovery rule applies to toll the statute of limitations in a contract claim, where fraudulent misrepresentations are asserted in conjunction...

EASTMAN-KODAK CO. v. RUMSFELD

Contracts, Government Contracts
The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals properly concluded that appellant's claimed pension costs were not allocable to the cost objectives of...

CAUFIELD v. CANTELE

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plenary appeal is proper for a district court to review a trial court determination of attorneys' fees and costs after voluntary dismissal, and the...

KING JEWELRY, INC. v. FED. EXPRESS CORP.

Contracts, Transportation
As defined in shipping contract, candelabra were "items of extraordinary value," and because federal common law governed a limited liability provision...

S&W ENTERS., L.L.C. v. SOUTHTRUST BANK OF ALABAMA, NA

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of leave to amend was not an abuse of discretion where the motion was untimely and plaintiff offered no explanation for failure to comply with...

RUMSFELD v. UNITED TECHS. CORP.

Contracts, Government Contracts, Remedies
Payments made to a government contractor's foreign suppliers to acquire parts under "collaboration agreements" were "costs" incurred for purposes of...

LIFE PLUS INT'L v. BROWN

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
A punitive damages award is upheld in a contract breach action, as an instruction fairly and adequately stated Arkansas law, and no miscarriage of...

DELAWARE STATE UNIV. CHAPTER OF THE AM. ASS'N OF UNIV. PROFESSORS v. DELAWARE STATE UNIV.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
The state Public Employee Relations Board should defer to the grievance and arbitration procedures pursuant to the parties' collective bargaining...

LASALLE TALMAN BANK, F.S.B. v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Remedies
The Court of Federal claims was correct in crediting actual profits after a breach implicit in enactment of the Financial Institutions Reform,...

JESSICA HOWARD LTD. v. NORFOLK S. RY. CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
The district court erred in determining that, as a matter of law, potentially operative documents all measure defendant rail carrier's liability by...