Where appellants challenged the denial of a motion to compel arbitration, arguing that an arbitration agreement entered into by respondents with a separate party applied to them as well, the judgment is affirmed because the altering of the terms ...

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  Where city defendants sued a professional football team, team owners and the league in an action arising from the team’s relocation, and the defendants moved to compel arbitration, a American Arbitration Association rule from 2003 did not provide clear ...

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  Where a limited liability company, which entered into a contract for the sale of farmland, challenged a trial court’s refusal to grant specific performance, the company’s only evidence that it was ready, willing and able to perform the contracts ...

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Defendant alleged that he was defrauded by his friend, who convinced defendant to sign a guaranty for a company defendant believed he co-owned with his friend, which burdened defendant with millions in debt his friend could not repay. Defendant alleged ...

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Where in a dispute arising from the renovation of apartment buildings, a general contractor challenged a judgment finding it liable for breach of contract, and the subcontractor challenged a judgment against it on its equitable claims, sufficient evidence supported most ...

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  Plaintiff appealed the order of the district court confirming an arbitration award in favor of defendants and dismissing plaintiff’s application to vacate the award. Where the court found no clear error of fact or other error of law by ...

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A southwest Missouri jury sided with a couple from Salt Lake City, Utah, who sued a Branson timeshare developer due to what they called false assurances that their ownership stake included the use of more sought-after vacation properties in California ...

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Where a former employee challenged a district court’s summary-judgment order and the injunctive relief granted in a dispute over the parties’ non-compete agreement, the injunction expired while the appeal was pending, and nothing remained to be resolved between the parties, ...

Tagged with: contracts Enforceability mootness Non-Compete Agreement

Where the operator of a wastewater-treatment facility brought claims alleging a disinfectant system failed to work properly, the district court properly dismissed the breach-of-warranty claim against the system vendor because the plaintiff was prohibited from proffering expert testimony as a ...

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Where in a dispute arose from an associate professor’s alleged failures to disclose his inventions or patent applications and to properly assign ownership of inventions resulting from his research to his university employer as required by the employment contract, the ...

Tagged with: Breach of Loyalty contracts Damages Employment Contract

Where plaintiffs in a dispute arising from a failed used-auto sales business brought claims including conversion, unjust enrichment and breach of contract, the grant of a new trial is reversed and remanded because the new trial order was entered without ...

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