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Eugene F. Field, Jr. and Nancy N. Field v. Armando C. Costa, et al.
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1. Plaintiffs in this case are Nancy and Eugene Field, farmers from Connecticut who wanted to purchase a particular Vermont farm. Defendants are four independent parties including: the previous owners of the subject farm, Armando and Maria Costa; the current owners of the farm, Lorenzo and Amy Quesnel; a real estate agency and one of its brokers, Coldwell Banker Bill Beck Real Estate and Richard... More... $0 (06-06-2008 - VT)
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Cross Country Land Services, Inc. v. PB Telecommunications, Inc., et al.
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This case involves a dispute over the validity of and payment due under a
contract between Cross Country Land Services (hereinafter "Cross Country") and
PB Network Services (hereinafter "PBNS"). The payments sought under the
contract were alleged to be due for work performed by Cross Country on a large
fiber optic telecommunications project (hereinafter "the Project") owned by Level
3 Communi... More... $0 (05-02-2008 - CO)
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Gary K. Wolfe, et al. v. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, et al.
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Gary K. Wolf, author of the novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, and his company
Cry Wolf!, Inc. (collectively Cry Wolf) appeal from the judgment entered after a jury
awarded only limited damages in their breach of contract action alleging Walt Disney
Pictures and Television (Disney) had failed to fully compensate Cry Wolf for its
exploitation of the cartoon characters depicted in Wolf's novel. C... More... $0 (05-10-2008 - CA)
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Blickman Turkus, LP v. MF Downtown Sunnyvale, LLC
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The primary question in this case is whether a realtor who represented the lessee in
a complex commercial lease transaction had a duty to inform the lessor, after the lease
was signed but before the lessee took possession, that the lessee's ability to perform the
conditions of the lease was jeopardized by its deteriorating financial condition. The trial
court held that the lessor had failed to... More... $0 (05-02-2008 - CA)
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Oleg Rivkin v. Century 21 Teran Realty, LLC, et al.
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit has certified a question that calls upon us to explore
the scope of the fiduciary duty owed by buyer's agents affiliated
with a real estate brokerage firm when their principals bid on
the same property. We begin with the facts, which are
substantially undisputed.
I.
On May 24 or 25, 2004, Oleg Rivkin, a New Jersey
resi... More... $0 (04-26-2008 - NY)
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Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley, et al. v. Roommates.com, LLC
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We plumb the depths of the immunity provided by section
230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 ("CDA").
Facts
Defendant Roommate.com, LLC ("Roommate") operates a
website designed to match people renting out spare rooms
with people looking for a place to live.2 At the time of the district
court's disposition, Roommate's website featured
approximately 150,000 active listings ... More... $0 (04-09-2008 - CA)
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Cynthia Carpenter, et al., Respondents v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Appellant.
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Countrywide Home Loans, a mortgage company, prepares legal documents to complete mortgage loan transactions and charges its customers a document preparation fee for this service. Because of this activity, Countrywide was a named defendant in a class action lawsuit against several mortgage lending institutions alleging that these companies were practicing law business without a license. The lawsuit... More... $0 (03-18-2008 - MO)
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Advantage Medical Services, LLC, et al. v. Deborah Hoffman, et al.
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Advantage Medical Services, LLC (AMS), Glenn Weissman, Elliot Lander,
and Scott Yun's (collectively plaintiffs) and Deborah Hoffman and Detech Medical
Project Management, LLC's (collectively defendants) claims against each other were
referred to binding arbitration through the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and
a hearing was held. The arbitrator issued an interim award in favor of plai... More... $0 (03-04-2008 - CA)
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Employers Mutual Casualty Company v. DGG & Car, Inc. d/b/a Metrol Security Services
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1 Businesses sometimes buy employee fidelity or
commercial crime insurance policies to protect them against loss
from employee theft. In this case we must determine whether a
standard form insurance policy treats the loss from a series of
thefts by a single employee as one occurrence.
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2 The facts crucial to our decision are not in dispute.
In 2002, DGG & CAR, Inc., doing bus... More... $0 (02-21-2008 - AZ)
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James Alexander Cetto, II and Elizabeth Ann Cetto v. LaSalle Bank National Association, et al.
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James and Elizabeth Cetto seek to rescind the refinancing of their
Virginia home based on their claim that the total points and fees
charged in the transaction qualified the loan as what is commonly
referred to as a "high-cost mortgage" under the Truth in Lending Act
("TILA") as amended by the Home Ownership and Equity Protection
Act ("HOEPA"), which entitled them to specific disclosures and
... More... $0 (02-29-2008 - VA)
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BUC International Corporation v. International Yacht Council Limited
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MLS Solutions, Inc. and International Yacht Council Ltd. ("IYC") were
found by a jury to have violated the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 501, by infringing
upon the selection, order, and arrangement of information contained in BUC
International Corp.'s Used Boat Price Guide.1 The jury awarded BUC $1,598,278
in actual damages, and we affirmed that judgment. See BUC Int'l Corp. v. Int'l
Yacht Coun... More... $0 (02-25-2008 - FL)
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Maria T. Stennis v. The City of Santa Fe
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{1} On motions for rehearing, the opinion filed October 25, 2007, is withdrawn and the following opinion is substituted in its place. The City of Santa Fe's motion for rehearing is otherwise denied. Maria Stennis's motion for rehearing is likewise denied. The Court, after considering the parties' supplemental briefing, decides, as a matter of law, that the Section 3-53-1.1(E) requirement of o... More... $0 (01-22-2008 - NM)
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Deborah Steele v. Kroenke Sports Enterprises, LLC
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Deborah Steele appeals from the district court's order granting summary
judgment for defendant on her claims for sex discrimination in violation of Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17; age discrimination
in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-34
(ADEA); retaliation in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a); and
retaliat... More... $0 (02-11-2008 - CO)
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Vicki V. Busby, etc. v. JRHBW Realty, Inc., d/b/a Realty South
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This matter is before this Court on Plaintiff Vicki V. Busby's ("Busby")
appeal of the district court's denial of class certification to a class of plaintiffs
seeking damages arising out of Defendant JRHBW Realty, Inc.'s, d/b/a
RealtySouth ("RealtySouth"), alleged violation of Section 8(b) of the Real Estate
Settlement Procedures Act ("RESPA"), 12 U.S.C. §§ 2601, et seq. We accepted
juri... More... $0 (01-20-2008 - AL)
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Heartland Home Finance, Inc, et al. v. Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation
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Plaintiffs-Appellants Heartland Home Finance,
Inc. ("Heartland"), an Illinois-based corporation, and Mortgage Data, Inc. d/b/a Active Response
Marketing ("ARM"), appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment to Defendant-
Appellee Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation ("Allied"). Heartland and ARM cooperate
in the business of mortgage brokering and lending in the State of Ohio. H... More... $0 (01-16-2008 - OH)
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Service Source, Inc. v. Office Depot, Inc.
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Plaintiff-Appellant Service Source, Inc. sued Office
Depot, Inc., stating various contract claims under Michigan law. Service Source appeals from the
denial of its motion for summary judgment, the denial of its motion for a new trial, and the jury
verdict, in which the jury found that the Office Depot employee who had signed the agreement in
issue lacked the authority to bind Office Depot a... More... $0 (01-16-2008 - MI)
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ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation, et al. v. Advest, Inc., et al.
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Bond purchasers brought suit alleging violations of federal securities laws in the May 1998 offering of bonds of Bradford College in Massachusetts. In January 2000, the college defaulted on its bond obligations. This suit was brought ten months later. The district court dismissed the amended complaint for failure to meet the pleading standards in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of ... More... $0 (01-12-2008 - MA)
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Bills Signs Trucking, LLC, et al. v. Signs Family Limited Partnership, et al.
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We hold in this case that a tenant's preemptive purchase rights under a commercial
lease are not triggered by the conveyance of an interest in the property between
copartners in a family limited partnership that owns the property and is the landlord. We
affirm the judgment for the defendants.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
William Signs, Jr., owned Bill Signs Trucking, Inc.,... More... $0 (12-19-2007 - CA)
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Dixon Financial Services, Ltd. and Hyperdynamics Corporation v. Greenberg, Peden, Siegmyer & Oshman, P.C., et al.
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The trial court granted summary judgment against appellants, Dixon Financial Services, Ltd. ("Dixon Financial") and Hyperdynamics Corporation ("Hyperdynamics"), in favor of appellees, Greenberg, Peden, Siegmyer & Oshman, P.C. ("Greenberg Peden"), Gerald Siegmyer ("Siegmyer"), Ron Bearden, and R.F. Bearden Associates, Inc. (collectively, "Bearden"). The trial court then severed appellants' claim... More... $0 (11-25-2007 - TX)
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Luke E. Sims v. Stapleton Realty, Ltd.
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1 This action concerns a dispute over a real estate broker's commission. The seller, Luke Sims, seeks recovery of $20,000 in earnest money retained by Stapleton Realty, Ltd. following the sale of his residence. Stapleton Realty counterclaimed asserting that the $20,000 is a portion of the commission owed to it by Sims and seeking the full commission. The circuit court granted summary judgme... More... $0 (08-23-2007 - WI)
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Luke E. Sims v. Stapleton Realty, Ltd.
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This action concerns a dispute over a real estate broker's commission. The seller, Luke Sims, seeks recovery of $20,000 in earnest money retained by Stapleton Realty, Ltd. following the sale of his residence. Stapleton Realty counterclaimed asserting that the $20,000 is a portion of the commission owed to it by Sims and seeking the full commission. The circuit court granted summary judgment ... More... $0 (08-23-2007 - WI)
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Phil Rosensweig v. Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. f.k.a Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Inc.
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Morgan Stanley appeals from an order of the district court which confirmed
the award of an arbitration panel in favor of one of Morgan Stanley's former
employees, Philip E. Rosensweig, and ordered the expungement of Rosensweig's
regulatory record. Rosensweig had instituted the arbitration proceedings to
recover damages flowing from his termination as a securities broker at Morgan
Stanley... More... $1649860 (08-11-2007 - FL)
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The Robert N. Clemens Trust, et al. v. Morgan Stanley DW, Inc.
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The Robert N. Clemens Trust, Automobile Consumer
Service Corporation, John D. Brandon, Jr., Pat F. Wakefield, and Marty D. Jackson (collectively the
"Plaintiffs") brought this class-action suit against Morgan Stanley DW, Inc. ("Morgan Stanley").
Plaintiffs allege that Morgan Stanley's brokers recommended to Plaintiffs the purchase of unsuitable
securities in violation of Section 10(b) of th... More... $0 (05-02-2007 - OH)
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Reed Hodges and Angelia Hodges a/k/a Angela Hodges
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Reed Hodges and Angelia Hodges a/k/a Angela Hodges (collectively, "the Hodgeses") appeal the trial court's order in favor of Timothy Swafford on the issue of liability and its award of damages in the amount of $21,150.00. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.1
Issues
The Hodgeses present several issues, which we consolidate and restate as follows:
I. Whether the trial cour... More... $21150 (04-03-2007 - IN)
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State of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Zurich American Insurance Company
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Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that Illinois based Zurich American Insurance Co., one of the world's largest insurers, will pay $121.8 million to resolve claims of widespread bid-rigging, price-fixing and customer allocation schemes in the commercial insurance market. The agreement is part of a national antitrust settlement negotiated by Pennsylvania and ten other states.
C... More... $121800000 (12-05-2006 - PA)
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