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Amerisure Mut. Ins. Co. v. Microplastics, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insurer's suit against its insured seeking a declaration that it was not obligated to defend the insured in an underlying suit against it,...

Duval Wiedmann, LLC v. InfoRocket.com, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In an action for breach of a patent license agreement, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the district court correctly held that the...

Landers Auto Group Number One, Inc. v. Continental Western Ins. Co.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action seeking indemnity and defense under an insurance contract, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where defendant-insurer had no duty...

Rio Grande Royalty Co. v. Energy Transfer Ptnrs., L.P.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
In an action contending that defendants committed common law fraud by truthfully reporting natural gas transactions that, because of the defendants'...

Bridge Fund Cap. Corp. v. Fastbucks Franchise Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a breach of contract action, a denial of defendant's motion to compel arbitration is affirmed where, as long as plaintiff's challenge to the...

Holzemer v. City of Memphis

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' suit against a city, a police sergeant and various city officials under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for alleged violations of First, Fourth,...

Association of Am. Railroads v. S. Coast Air Qual. Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
In an action by railroads seeking to enjoin a local governmental agency's rules aimed at limiting the air pollution created by idling trains, judgment...

State of Illinois v. Hemi Group LLC

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Tax Law
In the state of Illinois's suit against a New Mexico based company for selling cigarettes to Illinois residents in violation of state laws and for...

Anderson v. City of Hermosa Beach

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a First Amendment challenge to a city's ban on tattoo parlors, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where tattooing is purely expressive...

Ecuadorian Plaintiffs v. Chevron Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, International Law, International Trade, Oil and Gas Law
In an action alleging that defendant-Chevron polluted the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest over the course of several decades while engaging in oil...