Case Digests

Tyler v. Diamond State Port Corp.

Publication Date: 2020-09-02
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Legal Services
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Greenaway
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: D69108

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff's motion for a stay of proceeding.

Scalia v. Local 1694, Int'l Longshoremen's Ass'n

Publication Date: 2020-08-19
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Federal Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Weiss and Jesse S. Wenger, U.S. attorney’s office for plaintiff.
for defendant: Lance Geren and Kathleen Bichner, O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue, LLP, New Castle, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D69091

The court denied a motion to dismiss, because the complaint adequately alleged that a labor organization did not uniformly enforce an eligibility rule involving candidates running for union elections.

GlobalTranz Enter., Inc. v. PNC Bank, N.A.

Publication Date: 2020-07-08
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Adams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sabrina M. Hendershot and Donna L. Culver, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anthony J. Dutra and Neal L. Wolf, Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Jose F. Bibiloni, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; John E. Lucian, Blank Rome LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
Case Number: D69041

An unsecured creditor could not assert a claim for unjust enrichment against a secured creditor.

Buckeye Partners, L.P. v. GT USA Wilmington, LLC

Publication Date: 2020-06-03
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare and Amy M. Dudash, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Blanchard, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Hartford, CT; Julie S. Goldemberg, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Jonathan M. Stemerman, Elliott Greenleaf, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Thomas J. Elliott, Frederick P. Santarelli, Jack P. Elliott, and Colin J. O’Boyle, Elliott Greenleaf, P.C., Blue Bell, PA for defendant.
Case Number: D69000

Injunctive relief granted to preserve the status quo ante and prevent defendant from resorting to measures to force plaintiff to capitulate before a court could resolve the parties' dispute.

Sunline Commercial Carriers, Inc. v. CITGO Petroleum Corp.

Publication Date: 2019-03-27
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Energy | Transportation
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Strine
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael F. Bonkowski and Nicholas J. Brannick, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE ; Ross A. Mortillaro, Stinson Leonard Street LLP, Dallas, TX for plaintiff.
for defendant: Mary F. Dugan, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John Zavitsanos, Debora Si-mon Pacholder and Edward Goolsby, Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing, P.C., Houston, TX for defendant.
Case Number: D68508

The parties' contractual agreements contained inconsistencies, and these ambiguities precluded summary judgment.

Baggage Airline Guest Serv., Inc. v. Roadie, Inc.

Publication Date: 2019-01-23
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal Belgam and Eve Ormerod, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stefan V. Stein, Mayanne Downs, Jason Zimmerman and Cole Carlson, Gray Robinson P.A., Orlando, FL for plaintiff.
for defendant: Pilar G. Kraman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward A. Pennington, John P. Moy, John P. Pen-nington and Darlene K. Tzou, Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.
Case Number: D68434

Patent claims for a baggage delivery system involved an abstract idea and did not contain any inventive concept.

Praxis Energy Agents Pte Ltd v. M/V Pebble Beach

Publication Date: 2018-10-17
Practice Area: Admiralty | International Law
Industry: Cargo and Shipping
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Stark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Jay Houseal, J. Stephen Simms and Marios J. Monopolis for plaintiff
for defendant: Michael B. McCauley, Frank P. DeGuilio and Kevin G. O'Donovan for defendant.
Case Number: D68324

Plaintiff did not have a valid maritime lien and was not entitled to detain a vessel in Delaware.

Godden v. Franco

Publication Date: 2018-09-05
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Cargo and Shipping
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel T. Hirzel, II, Melissa N. Donimirski, Elizabeth A. DeFelice, HEYMAN ENERIO GATTUSO & HIRZEL, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Kevin H. Marino, John D. Tortorella, John A. Boyle, MARINO, TORTORELLA & BOYLE, P.C., Chatham, NJ, Kostas D. Katsiris, VENABLE LLP, NY, NY, for plaintiffs
for defendant: Elena C. Norman, Richard J. Thomas, Benjamin M. Potts, YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert M. Sulkin, Gregory J. Hollon, MCNAUL, EBEL, NAWROT & HELGREN PLLC, Seattle, WA, for defendant.
Case Number: D68273

A written consent to terminate a corporate office was not self-executing with regard to all of the company's subsidiaries.

Zavala v. Port to Port Intl Corp.

Publication Date: 2018-04-18
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry: Cargo and Shipping
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Butler
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren E.M. Russell for Port to Port Int'l Corp.
for defendant: Carla Jarosz for Unemployment Ins. Appeal Bd.
Case Number: D68117

Substantial evidence existed to support agencys determination that the claimant was terminated from her em-ployment for cause and was not entitled to receive unemployment benefits.

Hamilton v. Indep. Disposal Serv., DEFAX Case No. D67639 (Del.Super Feb. 15, 2017), Rocanelli, J. (30 pages).

Publication Date: 2017-03-01
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Cargo and Shipping
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: D67639