An automobile dealership was not entitled to coverage for a loss occasioned by the sale of a vehicle to an individual who obtained credit from ...
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Class-action status granted in Lutheran Brotherhood suit A federal judge has granted class action status to five lawsuits accusing Lutheran Brotherhood of fraud in its ...
Read More »00-C-0113-C Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Zeuske
“[T]he only basis on which defendant can defend its effort to collect income taxes from Jackson is his residency. It is the only nexus Wisconsin ...
Read More »00-346 Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. v. Garris
“[In Moragne, we] declared a new rule of maritime law: ‘We … hold that an action does lie under general maritime law for death caused ...
Read More »00-1320 In Re: Bentz Metal Products Co., Inc.: Faehnrich v. Bentz
“In our case, as in Bluffton Castings, the employees’ rights to the monies due, and the precise amount, depend on the collective bargaining agreement. Here, ...
Read More »00-1971 Alverio v. Sam's Warehouse Club, Inc.
“[L]awyers are given considerable leeway in formulating a gender-neutral rationale for jury strikes. … Here, in addition to identifying unique factors that only affected the ...
Read More »00-763 Pollard v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.
“In the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Congress determined that victims of employment discrimination were entitled to additional remedies. Congress expressly found that ‘additional remedies ...
Read More »00-2016 Beyer, et al. v. Heritage Realty, Inc.
“RESPA is the principal federal statute regulating the activities of real estate brokers. The insurance policy at issue is limited to participants in the real ...
Read More »00-157 United Dominion Industries, Inc. v. United States
“The case for the single-entity approach to calculating an affiliated group’s PLL is straightforward. Section 172(j)(1) defines a taxpayer’s ‘product liability loss’ for a given ...
Read More »99-4121, 00-3881 Beverly California Corp. v. NLRB
“A review of NLRB decisions reveals that the agency considers a General Counsel’s and Charging Party’s opposition to a settlement to be a powerful reason ...
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