A split panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 30 that a woman’s claims against a man alleged to have sexually assaulted her at a work conference are not subject to arbitration.

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on July 26 upheld a $39 million judgment in favor of a large group of Missouri municipalities who alleged that Charter Communications had excluded revenue from the cities’ taxes.

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Where an appellant challenged the dismissal of his diversity action claiming fraud and false advertising against a university defendant, the judgment is affirmed because the district court properly found that the complaint did not plead fraud or false advertising with ...

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Where a plaintiff in a civil-rights action challenged the entry of partial summary judgment against him, the district court did not err in finding that some of the claims were time barred. Judgment is affirmed. Shaw v. Ponto (MLW No. ...

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Plaintiff appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment on his federal claims and the remand to state court of his remaining state law claims. Where the district court did not abuse its discretion in granting summary judgment on plaintiff’s ...

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Where appellant challenged the dismissal of his complaint in a foreclosure-related action, the district court did not err in finding that the appellant failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Judgment is affirmed. Teague v. Regent ...

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Where appellant challenged the grant of summary judgment for the U.S. in its civil suit against him under the False Claims Act and the dismissal of his counterclaims, the appellant’s unappealed criminal conviction regarding the same underlying transaction estopped him ...

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Where the state challenged a judgment against it in a declaratory-judgment action that required the state to pay the $2.5 million in damages that was awarded to respondent as the result of a civil suit against two St. Louis police ...

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Where taxpayers challenged the dismissal of their civil suit challenging their liability for federal taxes and penalties, the district court did not err in dismissing the complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Judgment is affirmed. Francis v. U.S. (MLW No. ...

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Where appellants in a dispute arising from the ownership of real property challenged a default judgment entered against them, arguing that they were entitled to notice of the respondents’ motion for default judgment, the appellants were not entitled to such ...

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Where a plaintiff who uses a wheelchair brought claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Minnesota Human Rights Act against the owner of a restaurant, claiming that the parking lot did not have the required number of accessible parking ...

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