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  • CRE Niagara Holdings, LLC v. Resorts Group, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: N20C-05-157 PRW CCLD

    Court declined to dismiss case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction where it had already ruled that a Delaware forum selection clause in one of the parties' agreements covered plaintiffs' claims, and any risk of duplicative litigation was caused by the parties' tactical decisions to litigate in two jurisdictions to try to obtain their preferred forum.

  • PVP Aston, LLC v. Fin. Structures Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher P. Simon, Michael L. Vild, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael W. Teichman, Kashif I Chowdhry; Kyle F. Dukle, Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey D. Brooks, Tanisha L. Massie, Morrison Cohen LLP, New York, NY defendants.
    Case Number: N21C-09-095 AML CCLD

    Court dismissed declaratory judgment claim where plaintiffs' arguments in support had already been rejected by courts in other states in actions involving the parties, thereby invoking the doctrine of collateral estoppel.

  • Wais v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Scott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chandra J. Williams, Rhodunda, Williams & Kondraschow, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Steven D. Rosen, The Rosen Law Firm, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: N22A-08-003 CLS

    The court affirmed the trial court's order finding for a buyer in a real estate matter where the seller breached contractual obligations by failing to repair a defective roof.

  • Liborio III L.P. v. Artesian Water Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Vincent Ramunno, Ramunno & Ramunno, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff
    for defendant: Colin D. Dougherty, Fox Rothschild LLP, Blue Bell, PA; Courtney A. Emerson, Artesian Water Company, Inc., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: N22C-06-109 PRW

    Breach of contract and fraud claims dismissed where public utility regulations plainly applied to parties' subsequently adopted water services agreement and the agreement explicitly referenced the applicability of the regulation to the agreement.

  • Delta Eta Corp. v. City of Newark

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Abbott, Abbott Law Firm, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Max B. Walton, Lauren P. DeLuca, Erica K. Sefton, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-1106-MTZ

    Chancery court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over challenge to denial of special use permit by city council, which had acted in quasi-judicial capacity in denying the permit application and thus allowed for a remedy at law.

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  • Swann Keys Civic Ass'n v. Dippolito

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Hutt, Michelle G. Bounds, Morris James LLP, Georgetown, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Dean Campbell, Law Office of Dean A. Campbell, PA, Milton, DE for respondents.
    Case Number: 2021-0614-SG

    Homeowners' association could obtain adverse possession over boat ramps by maintaining the amenity and restricting access to the association's members

  • In re: NNN 400 Capitol Center 16 LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-10
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Ambro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-3013

    The court affirmed the District Court's ruling affirming the Bankruptcy Court's decision to disqualify counsel and order fees disgorged.

  • Kablaoui v. Gerar Place Condo. Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2021-0700-PWG

    Master correctly stayed plaintiffs' motion to supplement complaint filed during the pendency of exceptions to the master's report, where new allegations were previously in plaintiffs' possession and were directly targeted to address the weaknesses identified by the master's report.

  • Parma VTA LLC v. Parma GE 7400, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine A. Gaul, Michael J. Vail, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Mark I. Walach, Walter Haverfield, Cleveland, OH for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John A. Sensing, Brandon R. Harper, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric H. Zagrans, Zagrans Law Firm LLC, Columbus, OH for defendant.
    Case Number: N22C-03-092 AML CCLD

    Breach of contract claim survived dismissal where tenancy-in-common agreement required parties to share expenses for property, and thus tenant breached this obligation by failing to contribute toward payment of mortgage used to refinance property upon acquisition.

  • In re Cte d'Azur Estate Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-27
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy D. Anderson, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, K&L Gates, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dieter Walter Neupert, pro se defendant for defendants.
    Case Number: 2017-0290-JTL

    The court granted letters of request to procure discovery from non-party individuals located in Israel.