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Action for Breach of Insurance Contract Involving Whether Fidelity Bond is an "Asset"
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FDIC v. Great Am. Ins. Co., No. 09-1052, concerned an action for breach of an insurance contract. The court of appeals affirmed summary judgment for...
Civil Rights Action Alleging Inadequate Police Investigation into Traffic Accident
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Harrington v. Cty. of Suffolk, No. 09-3911, involved an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 asserting that defendants deprived plaintiffs of a property...
Capital Contributions Did Not Constitute "Tax-Exempt Income" to S Corporations, Plus Civil Procedure Matters
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Nathel v. Comm'r. of Int'l. Rev., No. 09-1955, involved an appeal from a decision by the tax court finding that capital contributions petitioners made to two S...
Action Involving Competing Claims to Proceeds of Failed Securitization of Credit Card Debt
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Bank of N.Y. v. First Millennium, Inc., No. 09-1628, involved an action asserting competing claims to the proceeds of a failed securitization of credit card...
Partial Reversal of Class Certification in Action Involving Defaulted Argentinian Bonds
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Also Decisions Involving Civil Rights, Contract, and Government Benefits MattersSeijas v. Repub. of Argentina, No. 09-0332, concerned a class action by holders...
Stop and Questioning Upheld Over Challenge in Drug Case
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In US v. Harrison, No. 09-2907, the court of appeals affirmed defendant's possession with intent to distribute cocaine base conviction, holding that the time...