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DUMAIS v. AM. GOLF CORP.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
An employment arbitration agreement, allowing one party the unfettered right to alter the arbitration agreement's existence or its scope, is illusory.

MATHIS v. EXXON CORP.

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In a breach of contract suit by gas station franchisees under the Texas analogue of the UCC's open price provision, evidence showed that defendant...

ENERGY CAPITAL CORP. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts, Remedies
Reduction to present value of an award of lost profits, as of the date of judgment in a suit against the U.S. for breach of contract, was proper, but...

WILKINS v. HARTFORD LIFE & ACCIDENT INS. CO.

Contracts, ERISA
An ERISA action for denial of benefits was barred by the three-year contractual limitations period provided in the plan.

CREDIT GEN. INS. CO. v. NATIONSBANK, N.A. MIDWEST

Banking Law, Contracts
Judgment for plaintiff in an action for wrongful payment of proceeds was proper where defendant received notice of the assignment of proceeds. A...

WESTMORELAND v. SADOUX

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
Where a suit does not seek to enforce any duty arising out of a shareholder agreement, and seeks no relief that would frustrate any right to...

PERSONAL SEC. & SAFETY SYS. INC. v. MOTOROLA, INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
A licensing agreement's arbitration provision governs claims arising out of a stock purchase agreement where the agreements were executed as part of...

STRATOSPHERE LITIG. LLC v. GRAND CASINOS, INC.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
In a contract dispute, one party's obligation to fund an escrow account (a concurrent condition) was discharged when the other party, charged with...

MILL'S PRIDE, INC. v. CONTINENTAL INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Ohio law is applied to the issue of contract interpretation of an insured's duty to provide notice to, cooperate with, and obtain consent to settle...

PAPER, ALLIED-INDUS., CHEM. & ENERGY WORKERS INT'L UNION, LOCAL 5-0550 v. AIR PROD. & CHEM., INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A federal court has jurisdiction over a union's breach of contract claim, a matter primarily of contract interpretation (though potentially...