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YUBA CYPRESS HOUSING PARTNERS, LTD. v. AREA DEVELOPERS

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
An award of attorneys' fees under a clause in a disaffirmed real estate contract was proper, because to deny such fees would permit defendant to...

PIXTON v. B&B PLASTICS, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
District court has subject matter jurisdiction over an action where a complaint expressly sets out an action for patent infringement, and the fact...

TRACK MORTGAGE GROUP, INC. v. CRUSADER INS. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A lender holding a first deed of trust and named as a loss payee on the debtor's insurance property, who forecloses on the property and prevails in a...

HUGH SYMONS GROUP v. MOTOROLA, INC.

Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
A plaintiff may not assert a claim acquired by assignment, under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, where the assignor has assets of greater...

RUBIN v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
Under Nevada law, a provision in an automobile insurance policy, excluding coverage for medical expenses resulting from bodily injury for which...

BD. OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO v. WENDE

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Government Law
A quarry company's preexisting leases establish nonconforming use rights under a city's development ordinances, so that residential zoning does not...

THE MONEY STORE INV. CORP. v. S. CALIFORNIA BANK

Banking Law, Contracts
In a contract claim based on a bank's alleged dispersal of loan proceeds contrary to an investment corporation's instructions in an escrow...

CENTURY INDEM. CO. v. HEARREAN

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Insurer had a duty to indemnify a third party purchaser of a hotel that was remodeled by insureds, where the "trigger of coverage", the continuous and...

AMADEO v. PRINCIPAL MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Insurer's bad faith interpretation of "unemployed" status in a disability income insurance policy, and inadequate investigation into the insured's...

U.S. FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF WALTON TECH., INC. v. WESTSTAR ENG'G, INC.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a subcontractor's claim against contractor for equipment rental fees, 1) an unjust enrichment claim under Washington law is improper where based on...