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FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. v. GASKAMP

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
Children who were neither signatories to, nor third-party beneficiaries of, a contract executed by their parents may not be bound by an arbitration...

ATAC CORP. v. ARTHUR TREACHER'S, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where there is no "final decision with respect to an arbitration," the appellate court lacks jurisdiction over an interlocutory appeal to stay the...

LYN-LEA TRAVEL CORP. v. AMERICAN AIRLINES

Contracts
The Airline Deregulation Act, 49 USC 41713(b)(1), preempts a travel agent's state law claims, but will not defeat the agent's defense to the airline's...

HERRNREITER v. CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Judgement Enforcement
Where the parties reached an oral settlement agreement on appeal but later disagreed on the contents of the agreement, by asking the court to...

ACEROS PREFABRICADOS, S.A. v. TRADEARBED, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where parties contracting for the sale of goods were both merchants under the UCC, arbitration provisions in defendant's confirmation orders became...

DICINTIO v. DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 15 USC 2301-2312 is not applicable to an automobile lessee since the lessee remains free not to exercise the option to...

RESOLUTION TRUST CORP. v. KEY FIN. SERVS., INC.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In this dispute over a portfolio of loans sold by defendant to plaintiff, the district court properly determined that defendant materially breached...

HILL v. G E POWER SYSTEMS, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where allowing plaintiffs' suit against non-signatory to contract would undermine the arbitration proceedings between plaintiffs and contract...

DISPATCH AUTOMATION, INC. v. RICHARDS

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property
In diversity suit for breach of contract, summary judgment affirmed where, based on the evidence in pretrial discovery, no reasonable jury could find...

ANANDA CHURCH OF SELF-REALIZATION v. MASS. BAY INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Suits arising out of the alleged wrongful taking of documents from third-party claimant's attorney's trash can did not raise a potential claim for...