INSURANCE: Claims by MMIA that MSF and its broker illegally solicited business from municipalities precluded by Sherman Act and Robinson-Patman Act as they allege activity regulated by state law as part of the business of insurance… Morris. [Read more…]
$27,750,000 verdict, failure to protect jail inmate
VERDICT: $27,750,000, failure to protect inmate in Defendant’s custody. [Read more…]
Prisoner, non-legal mail confiscation claim viable
PRISONERS: Claim that MSP confiscated non-legal mail improperly dismissed as prisoners have 1st Amendment right to send and receive mail even when it is not sent to or from an attorney… other claims properly dismissed… Morris affirmed, reversed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Restrictive covenants, barriers to building
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS: Myriad claims stemming from challenge to barriers to building in subdivision properly dismissed… DeSoto/Morris affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Vexatious litigant, guardianship/conservatorship
VEXATIOUS LITIGANT: Claims stemming from guardianship/conservatorship disputes properly rejected, Plaintiff properly declared vexatious litigant… Johnston/Morris affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Indians, explosion damages, tribal immunity
INDIANS: District Court exceeded authority in considering tribal members’ declaratory action to recover damages from an explosion, but correctly dismissed based on tribal sovereignty… Morris affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]
Preliminary injunction, YNP bison transplant
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION improperly granted against transport of migrating YNP bison to tribes… McKeon reversed. [Read more…]
Commercial lease, overdue rent, improvements
COMMERCIAL LEASE: Summary judgment proper to lessor for overdue rent, quiet title to improvements & personal property… Day affirmed (IOR I-3(d)). [Read more…]
Comp exclusivity, 3rd-party complaint
COMP EXCLUSIVITY: Supervisory control denied as to Watters’s refusal to dismiss 3rd-party complaint… order. [Read more…]
CECRA, abatement plan, RR as “arranger”
CECRA: RR properly not required to comply with ROD abatement plan until approved by Court (ROD challenge was [Read more…]