Other :: Court Opinions

Business Planning

• Closely-Held Corporations: Courts Address Distinction Between Derivative and Direct Shareholder Actions - Kansas -- October 2011

 

Civil Liabilities

• Failure to Obtain Written Contract or File Lien is Cause of Feeding Company’s Financial Woes -- January 2012

• Court Determines Whether State Immune From Liability For Injuries At State Park -- September 2011

• What Constitutes Defamation to Business? -- July 2010

 

Contracts

• Failure to Obtain Written Contract or File Lien is Cause of Feeding Company’s Financial Woes -- January 2012

• “Right-of-First Refusal” in Farm Lease Not Valid -- April 2010

• Hedge-to-Arrive Contracts Found To Be Valid “Forward Contracts” -- April 2010

 

Patent Law

• U.S. Supreme Court limits claims of patent market power -- March 2006

 

Real Estate

• Adequate Notice of Tax Sale -- October 2011

• Mineral Interests and Severance Taxes -- July 2011

• Kansas Partition Actions - “Interested Parties” Are Not Always Necessarily Entitled To Notice -- September 2010

• Court Construes Impact of Habendum Clause on Ratification Agreement -- September 2010

 

Regulatory Law

• Steel Wheels Keep on Turning -- February 2012

• Farmer Sued for Patent Infringement for Saving Protected Seed -- October 2011

• Occupation Tax for Irrigation Constitutional - Nebraska -- October 2011

• Federal Regulations Applicable to Crop Dusting Activities -- April 2010

 

Taxation

• Occupation Tax for Irrigation Constitutional - Nebraska -- October 2011

 

Iowa Cases

• Other Iowa Cases