FindLaw Contracts Summaries - May 23-May 27, 2011

Weekly Opinion Summaries Contracts May 23-27, 2011 FindLaw.com Weekly Contracts Newsletter Quick Links Cases & Codes Careers LawBrain Legal Market Center Lawyer Directory Lawyer Marketing You may forward this e-mail in its entirety. Table of Contents Contracts General Dynamics Corp. v. US Accenture LLP v. Spreng Meyer v. CUNA Mutual Insurance Society Scott C. Moody, Inc. v. Starr Surgical Co. Fair v. Bakhtiari Doan v. State Farm Gen. Ins. FindLaw's case summaries are copyrighted material and are not intended for republication without prior approval. You may, however, freely redistribute this e-mail in its entirety. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. SPONSOR Contracts United States Supreme Court, 05/23/2011 General Dynamics Corp. v. US, No. 09–1298. In a dispute arising from the termination of a government contract for the manufacture of stealth aircraft, judgment of the appeals court is reversed where petitioner claimed an affirmative defense of "superior knowledge" because, when a court dismisses a government contractor's prima facie valid affirmative defense to allegations of contractual breach to protect state secrets, the proper remedy is to leave the parties where they were on the day they filed suit. Read more... United States Second Circuit, 05/27/2011 Accenture LLP v. Spreng, No. 11-222 In a dispute involving the scope of the Federal Arbitration Act (Act), 9 U.S.C. 39 section 16(b)(4), and arising from an asset purchase agreement, appeal of the district court's order denying plaintiff's motion to enjoin arbitration is dismissed because Act precludes review of the order where the order was not a final decision with respect to an arbitration. Read more... United States Third Circuit, 05/26/2011 Meyer v. CUNA Mutual Insurance Society, No. 09-4040 In a class-action dispute involving the proper interpretation of a credit disability insurance policy, judgment of the district court is affirmed in part and reversed in part where district court properly granted summary judgment with respect to the interpretation of the policy’s use of the phrase Total Disability, but erred in its order of a Permanent Injunction and Final Judgment. Read more... SPONSOR California Court of Appeal, 05/24/2011 Scott C. Moody, Inc. v. Starr Surgical Co., No. G043230 In a dispute arising from counsel's violation of a sidebar directive, order of the trial court imposing a fine on defense counsel, Code of Civil Procedure section 177.5, is affirmed where counsel directly and willfully disobeyed court order and because the imposition of the fine was reasonable. Read more... California Court of Appeal, 05/24/2011 Fair v. Bakhtiari, No. A126844 In a dispute involving an attorney who entered into business transactions with his clients without the written disclosures required by Rule 3-300 of the Rules of Professional Conduct, judgment of the trial court is affirmed where court properly denied the attorney leave to amend his complaint to state a cause of action for the reasonable value of his services on account of his Rule 3-300 violation. Read more... California Court of Appeal, 05/24/2011 Doan v. State Farm Gen. Ins., No. H034426 In a class-action dispute concerning the proper interpretation of Insurance Code section 2071, judgment of the trial court dismissing complaint upon defendant's demurrer is reversed in part and affirmed in part where trial court had discretion to defer an appraisal pending a judicial declaration of the parties’ rights under insurance policies and statutes Read more... SPONSOR FindLaw includes summaries of all Supreme and Appellate Court slip opinions posted on the official Illinois Courts site. FindLaw summaries include opinions that have not yet been released for publication and may be subject to modification, correction or withdrawal. Check the Illinois Courts site to determine if a specific opinion has been released before relying on that case as precedent. Feedback We value your comments! Please take a moment to tell us what you think by sending us an e-mail. Subscription Information Click here to subscribe to a FindLaw Newsletter. To unsubscribe, click here. Advertising Information For more information about advertising in FindLaw Newsletters, click here. 800 W. California Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086

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