Fraudulent Inducement Claim Dismissed But Jury Must Decide Legal Malpractice Claim

Court remanded denial of rezoning application where city commissioners failed to adequately explain the legal reasons for denying the application.

Although court lacked statutory authority to hear appeal from administrative decision of county staff since the statute only permitted appeals of decisions by the county's governing board, landowners could challenge the legality of a minor subdivision approval through a writ of certiorari.

Tortious Interference With Contract Claim Dismissed, Can Only Remedy Actual Breach

Third Party Contribution Claims Dismissed; Fraud Claim Fails Federal Pleading Requirements

The court held that 1) the record was not sufficient to find that Corwin cleansed the merger transaction and 2) that plaintiffs adequately pled a breach of fiduciary duty against defendants.

The court held that plaintiff properly moved to amend its complaint to add two new parties under Rule 15 (a) notwithstanding the entry of the default judgment against two different parties. Motion to amend granted.

The court held that plaintiffs' claims against two directors for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duties failed to ad-equately state the elements of the claims.

Bankruptcy court granted a motion to dismiss an adversary proceeding for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, because royalty claimants failed to exhaust their administrative remedies under state law.

The court dismissed a complaint with prejudice because it failed to allege sufficient facts to support a cause of action under the federal False Claims Act with regard to an unlawful referral scheme.