Federal Defendants Axed From Tennessee Landlocked Property Dispute
The United States and NRCS win dismissal from a suit over access to a hunting parcel near Locust Grove Road in Dyer County.
The United States and NRCS win dismissal from a suit over access to a hunting parcel near Locust Grove Road in Dyer County.
A federal district court in Kansas ruled that a railroad’s adverse possession claim is completely preempted by federal law, dismissing the property owner’s quiet title action but allowing the plaintiff 21 days to refile under the Interstate Commerce Commiss...
A federal judge in the Southern District of Mississippi ruled that a nonprofit’s Fair Housing Act claims are ripe for review after the City of Madison ignored its accommodation request for 61 days, but denied summary judgment on the merits of whether the gr...
A federal judge in South Carolina has preliminarily approved a $1 million settlement class action involving design professionals and a condominium association, resolving claims for alleged construction defects at a North Myrtle Beach property while leaving...
A First Department panel reinstated discrimination claims against a Manhattan cooperative and its managing agent, ruling that a black nurse practitioner’s complaint sufficiently alleged they were involved in her rejection in favor of a white male buyer.
The Nevada Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Lennar Communities Nevada's motion to compel arbitration of a personal injury claim, holding in a unanimous opinion by Justice Bell that the homebuilder forfeited its contractual arbitration right by litigatin...
The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for John and Stacy Ambler, holding that the Flathead Conservation District cannot enforce Montana's Natural Streambed and Land Preservation Act of 1975 against land the couple owns inside Glacier National Park bec...
The Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for First American Title Insurance Company, ruling that a title insurer had no duty to defend its insured, Triple Properties Detroit, LLC, against a lawsuit brought by a buyer whose title had reverted to a condomi...