266 results for 'cat:"Jurisdiction" AND cat:"Contract"'.
J. Pulliam remands to state court a convoluted contractual dispute concerning the foreclosure of several properties, because a nondiverse party in the case — a substitute trustee for the foreclosing bank — was properly joined, and therefore this court lacks jurisdiction.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Pulliam, Filed On: April 9, 2024, Case #: 5:23cv1527, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: jurisdiction, Foreclosure, contract
J. Bumb dismisses claims contending a wealth manager failed to pay a temporary employee for corporate branding and marketing services because the employee failed to demonstrate the wealth manager's Delaware-based activities purposefully targeted New Jersey or that the wealth manager knew the employee resided in that state at the time of his alleged contract.
Court: USDC New Jersey, Judge: Bumb , Filed On: April 9, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv4352, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Employment, jurisdiction, contract
J. Gallagher finds that the trial court improperly dismissed this specific performance dispute brought by a lessor trying to purchase the leased property against a property company. The lessor argues the trial court erred based on the doctrine of lis alibi pendens when dismissing the complaint after the property company filed the motion for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. This appeal had reasonable grounds for being filed. Therefore, the assignment of error is sustained, and this case is remanded for further proceedings. The lessor may recover the costs taxed and a special mandate is issued to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas to execute this judgment. Reversed.
Court: Ohio Court Of Appeals, Judge: Gallagher, Filed On: April 4, 2024, Case #: 2024-Ohio-1284, Categories: Property, jurisdiction, contract
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J. Wilson grants the Army Corps of Engineers’ motion to dismiss. The contractor, contracted to install modular classrooms for the Texas Elementary School, appeals for $1,087,853 in allegedly unpaid funds, costs, damages, and lost profits incurred by the Corps’ adding work beyond specifications, providing faulty designs, and causing delays. The contractor withdrew from settlement negotiations and the Corp variously approved and denied its request for equitable adjustment. The record shows that the appeal window started when the contractor received the officer’s final decision. The notice of appeal was filed nearly two and a half years beyond the 90-day timeframe and is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
Court: Armed Services Board Of Contract Appeals, Judge: Wilson, Filed On: April 3, 2024, Case #: 63605, Categories: Government, jurisdiction, contract
J. Pirtle finds the district court properly reversed the county court's dismissal of a contract action. The company that purchased the home alleges the seller took the gas range and dishwasher when she moved out in violation of the sale agreement. The sheriff's office served the seller, who is not a Nebraska resident, while she was still in Nebraska, and this instate service of process was sufficient to subject the seller to Nebraska jurisdiction. Affirmed.
Court: Nebraska Court Of Appeals, Judge: Pirtle , Filed On: April 2, 2024, Case #: A-23-477, Categories: Property, jurisdiction, contract
J. Peterson grants the transportation broker and solar panel supplier's motion to dismiss or transfer the shipping company's lawsuit over issues with two shipments of solar panels, one of which was the result of fraud by an impostor who hacked the company's electronic credentials. In part because the record does not show that the Arizona-based supplier has sufficient business contacts with Wisconsin such that jurisdiction has been established, the case is transferred to the proper venue at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Court: USDC Western District of Wisconsin, Judge: Peterson, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv356, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: jurisdiction, Venue, contract
J. Goodwin denies the Georgia company's dismissal motion in this breach of contract lawsuit brought by an Oklahoma company. The plaintiff company has established a prima facie case for personal jurisdiction, based on the parties' continuing business relationship. Additionally, the arguments presented by the Georgia company do not support a transfer to the Northern District of Georgia.
Court: USDC Western District of Oklahoma , Judge: Goodwin, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 5:22cv200, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: jurisdiction, Venue, contract
J. Tsuchida partially denies dismissal of the company owner's complaint that the hacker conference organizer imposed a lifetime ban on him by falsely accusing him of admitting to repeatedly sexually harassing people. The owner alleges sufficient facts to state claims of defamation related to a transparency report announcing his ban and to an update to DefCon's website referring to the owner's behavior.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Tsuchida, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv1932, NOS: Assault, Libel, & Slander - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Defamation, Interference With contract, jurisdiction
J. Austin grants the developers' motion to transfer to the Southern District of Florida. The investor says it funded the developer $17.5 million in exchange for an equity investment in underlying real estate investments and the developer breached its fiduciary duty. The developer has filed an appearance in another, similar case in Florida involving the investor, and has moved to quash a subpoena issued to it. The investor's primary corporate and registered offices are in the Southern District of Florida and the Florida defendants, who handled administrative services for the investor, are associated with the original funding to the developer.
Court: USDC South Carolina Aiken, Judge: Austin , Filed On: March 27, 2024, Case #: 6:22cv4501, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Real Estate, jurisdiction, contract
J. Menendez partially grants the milking machine makers' motion to dismiss the dairy farmers' suit against them alleging misrepresentation of the machine's capabilities and a number of defects. Claims against two foreign entities and one domestic entity involved in the milking machine business are dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction, since the farmers have not adequately proved their alter-ego, agency or conspiracy theories of personal jurisdiction. A third foreign entity's motion to dismiss is denied, since disputes persist as to whether it has sufficient contacts with Minnesota to warrant personal jurisdiction. The companies' motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim are denied.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Menendez, Filed On: March 27, 2024, Case #: 0:22cv1924, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Corporations, jurisdiction, contract
J. Goddard denies a monetization technology company's motion for summary judgment concerning a digital media's contract claims. The digital media company is a citizen of the foreign state of Canada and there is no citizen of any state on the technology company's side. "With aliens on both sides of the case, and no party with U.S. citizenship on Zeetogroup's side, the law is well-established that diversity jurisdiction cannot lie."
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Goddard, Filed On: March 25, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv1396, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: jurisdiction, contract
J. Boulware grants the behavioral health group's motion to dismiss this breach of contract action. The parties are both citizens of Florida and, having already found that the commercial construction company is a citizen of Florida, the court is without subject matter jurisdiction.
Court: USDC Nevada, Judge: Boulware , Filed On: March 22, 2024, Case #: 2:21cv1790, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Health Care, jurisdiction, contract
J. Molberg denies the school district's motion for rehearing, but withdraws the court's prior memorandum opinion and substitutes the current memorandum opinion, holding that the lower court properly denied the school district's plea to the jurisdiction. The contractor sufficiently demonstrated the lower court's jurisdiction in this breach of contract action. Affirmed.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Molberg, Filed On: March 21, 2024, Case #: 05-22-00855-CV, Categories: Civil Procedure, jurisdiction, contract
J. DuBow finds that the lower court improperly sustained the preliminary objections filed by a lawyer in this legal malpractice suit alleging breach of contract filed by a past client, who filed pro se. The court cannot recharacterize the litigant’s contract claim as a tort claim and then dismiss the complaint on the grounds that the statute of limitations ran out. Reversed.
Court: Pennsylvania Superior Court, Judge: DuBow, Filed On: March 21, 2024, Case #: J-A21027-23, Categories: jurisdiction, Legal Malpractice, contract
J. Silfen denies the government's motion to dismiss this complaint seeking damages for costs incurred in an underlying suit for conditions at a post office facility. The property owner has sufficiently established standing and jurisdiction.
Court: Court of Federal Claims, Judge: Silfen, Filed On: March 19, 2024, Case #: 23-192C, Categories: jurisdiction, contract
J. Vratil rules a pet food equipment company may pursue unjust enrichment claims against commercial food byproducts company. The pet food equipment company sufficiently alleged that the commercial byproducts company overcharged it for goods and services, and "kept its descriptions vague" in order to mark up its profit margin.
Court: USDC Kansas, Judge: Vratil, Filed On: March 18, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv2575, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Fraud, jurisdiction, contract
J. Lambert finds the trial court properly granted summary judgment to the foundation services company and others being sued by the citizen, and its summary judgment rulings are affirmed without discussion. There is no jurisdiction to hear the citizen's appeal of the trial court's nonfinal order denying her leave to amend her second amended complaint, so that portion of the appeal is dismissed. Affirmed in part.
Court: Florida Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Lambert, Filed On: March 15, 2024, Case #: 22-2558, Categories: jurisdiction, contract
J. Volk grants the motions of the recreational vehicle manufacturer and the retail outlet to dismiss the customer's breach of warranty suit claiming the outlet sold him a defective 2022 Cardinal 390 FBX 5th Wheel Camper, with both refusing to cancel his retail installment contract and purchase agreement or refund his money when multiple attempts to repair the RV were unsuccessful. Since the forum-selection clauses the customer signed "are mandatory and thus presumptively enforceable" in either Indiana or Texas, the court grants the motions without prejudice under the doctrine of forum non conveniens.
Court: USDC Southern District of West Virginia, Judge: Volk , Filed On: March 13, 2024, Case #: 5:23cv535, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: jurisdiction, Warranty, contract
Per curiam, the Louisiana court finds that a hunting trip coordinators' declinatory exception of lack of personal jurisdiction should be granted on a customer's breach of contract related to a hunting trip. In this case, the coordinators state that they do not conduct business or seek business in Louisiana, and that the customer contacted the coordinators by telephone to book the hunting trip and that the charges were authorized through emails. Further, plaintiff does not claim that that the hunting trip at issue originated from the coordinators' solicitation of customers in Louisiana.
Court: Louisiana Court Of Appeal, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: March 12, 2024, Case #: 23-C-583, Categories: jurisdiction, contract
[Consolidated.] J. Marbley grants the private equity company's motion to dismiss, ruling that because it is based in Florida and had no connection to the solar power company based in Ohio other than an initial 25 percent investment in the company, this court lacks jurisdiction over the claims brought against it. Meanwhile, because there is no evidence of coercion or deception on the part of the solar power company as it relates to the arbitration provision found in the customers' contracts, the solar company's motion to dismiss and compel arbitration is also granted.
Court: USDC Southern District of Ohio, Judge: Marbley, Filed On: March 11, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv721, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Arbitration, jurisdiction, contract