Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Commercial Law : From 10/01/05 To 07/01/06
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Construction, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate |
| Title: | Rapanos v. US |
| Date: | 06/19/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1034 |
| Summary: | In cases involving certain state wetlands lying near ditches or man-made drains that eventually empty into traditional navigable waters, judgments against petitioners-landowners are vacated and remanded for further proceedings as to whether the specific wetlands at issue possessed a significant nexus with navigable waters for purposes of regulation under the Clean Water Act (CWA). |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Government Law, Tax Law |
| Title: | Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp. |
| Date: | 06/05/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–433 |
| Summary: | A judgment reversing dismissal of respondent's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) claims against a competing company is reversed in part where a 18 U.S.C. section 1962(c) claim did not satisfy the requirement of proximate causation with regards to a claim that respondent lost sales due to petitioners' decreased prices, which allegedly resulted from their tax fraud. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Per Curiam |
| Title: | Mohawk Indus. v. Williams |
| Date: | 06/05/06 |
| Case Number: | 05–465 |
| Summary: | A writ of certiorari limited to Question 1 presented by the petition is dismissed as improvidently granted, the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, and the judgment vacated for further consideration in light of Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp., 547 U.S. ____ (2006). |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Manufacturing, Tax Law |
| Title: | DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno |
| Date: | 05/15/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1704 |
| Summary: | In a suit brought by taxpayers alleging that their local and state tax burdens were increased by certain taxbreaks for a car manufacturer, a judgment finding that a state tax credit violated the Commerce Clause is vacated where plaintiffs had no standing to challenge the state franchise tax credit. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Oil & Gas Law |
| Title: | Texaco v. Dagher |
| Date: | 02/28/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–805 |
| Summary: | It is not per se illegal under section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1, for a lawful, economically integrated joint venture to set the prices at which it sells its products. |