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CORT v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS. COS., INC.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A property insurance policy did not give rise to a duty to defend under California law, because claims by artists arising from the covering of a mural...

ATLAS GLOBAL GROUP, L.P. v. GRUPO DATAFLUX

Civil Procedure, Contracts
Subject matter jurisdiction existed in a contract suit by a Texas limited partnership against a Mexican corporation, where complete diversity was...

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, INC. v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Insurance Law
The district court correctly determined that a settlement agreement did not require a plaintiff to indemnify an insurer for attorneys' fees it spent...

VIKING SUPPLY v. NAT'L CART CO., INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts
Summary judgment for defendant on a breach of distributorship contract claim was proper based upon the doctrine of frustration of purpose. Defendant...

AM. HOME ASSURANCE CO. v. HUGHES

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Insured's maximum recovery, in a dispute regarding an insurer's maximum liability under an uninsured motorist insurance policy where the tortfeasor...

ONE WORLD NETWORKS INTEGRATED TECHS., INC. v. DUITCH

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A stay of arbitration may be sought only by a party to the arbitration agreement; thus, an executive's new employer lacked standing to intrude into...

CHRIS ALBITTRON CONSTR. CO., INC. v. PITNEY BOWES, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In claims arising from alleged fraud in office equipment leases, plaintiffs failed to create any issue of fact regarding fraudulent intent in fraud,...

DAVIS v. MID-CENTURY INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
After real estate damage from a hail storm, cost of removing damaged shingles was not subject to depreciation under the actual cash value provision of...

CHURCH v. CALLANAN INDUS., INC.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
A subcontractor had no duty to plaintiff to fulfill its contractual obligation to complete highway guardrailing, under the circumstances, in a...

NISSHO IWAI EUROPE PLC v. KOREA FIRST BANK

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts
The renewal of a revolving standby letter of credit was not implicitly contingent on the repayment of funds previously disbursed by the issuing bank.