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…the mere possibility that may act in an arguably unconstitutional manner ... is insufficient to establish the 'real and substantial' controversy required to render a case justiciable under article iii.
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96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2939, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4889 Freedom to Travel Campaign Medea Benjamin Pam Montanaro Walter Turner, and Christopher Gerhart Ginny Hildebrand James Hughes, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants v. R. Richard Newcomb, Director of the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control Ronald Noble, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury
the mere possibility that may act in an arguably unconstitutional manner ... is insufficient to establish the 'real and substantial' controversy required to render a case justiciable under article iii.
examined
Cited as authority (quoted)
Freedom to Travel Campaign v. Newcomb
the mere possibility that may act in an arguably unconstitutional manner ... is insufficient to establish the 'real and substantial' controversy required to render a case justiciable under article iii.
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Sierra Club v. Watt
an unpatented mining claim is a unique form of property which created in the owners a possessory interest in the land
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Bryant v. Mattel, Inc.
See Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 624 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981).
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Sprint Telephony PCS, L.P. v. County of San Diego
See Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 624 (9th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981).
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Donoghue v. Natural Microsystems Corp.
See Morales v. Freund, 163 F.3d 763, 767 (2d Cir.1999) (“[T]he question of whether such interest should be given in a particular case is within the discretion of the trial court.”) (citing Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp., 639 F.2d 516, 533 (9th Cir.1981), cert, denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 566 , 70 L.Ed.2d 473 (1981)).
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Leon v. County of San Diego
See Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 624 (9th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981), To dismiss with prejudice, it must appear to a certainty that the plaintiff would not be entitled to relief under any set of facts that could be proven.
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Madison v. Motion Picture Set Painters & Sign Writers Local 729
See Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 624 (9th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981). 2.
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Rex BARBER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sheila WIDNALL, Secretary of the Air Force, Defendant-Appellee
See Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 624 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981).
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In Re Ronald L. Bodwell Betty Bodwell
(2×)
also: Cited "see, e.g."
See id. 4 AFFIRMED. * The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument.
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Martin v. County of Stanislaus
See Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp., 639 F.2d 516, 520 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 (1981). 7 The defendants titled their motion "Motion for Amendment of Findings of Fact [FCRP 52(b) ]; Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment [FRCP 59(e) ]; Motion for Stay Pending Appeal [FRCP 62(d) ]" (CR 130, 131).
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Carolyn Sue Chalamidas v. Michael J. Quinlan, Director, Bureau of Prisons, and Custodian of Geiger, Correctional Center
See Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp., 639 F.2d 516, 520 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 (1981).
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National Labor Relations Board v. The Duriron Company, Inc.
See NLRB v. Oesterlen Servs. for Youth, Inc., 649 F.2d 399, 400 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70.
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Carver v. Brecher (In Re Carver)
See Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); Dickens v. Lewis, 750 F.2d 1251 (5th Cir.1984); Fors v. Lehman, 741 F.2d 1130 (9th Cir.1984).
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Reginald C. Howard v. Gary True
See Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp., 639 F.2d 516, 520-21 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 (1981)
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Litton Financial Printing Div., Litton Business Systems, Inc. v. NLRB
(2×)
See Federated Metals Corp. v. United Steelworkers of America, 648 F. 2d 856, 861 (CA3), cert. denied, 454 U. S. 1031 (1981); Seafarers Int'l Union of North America v. National Marine Servs., Inc., 820 F. 2d 148, 152-154 (CA5), cert. denied, 484 U. S. 953 (1987).
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Willson v. Cagle
See Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 624 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981).
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Willson v. Cagle
See Western Mining Counsel v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618 , 624 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981). 3 .
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Gulf & Western Manufacturing Company v. United Steel Workers
See United Steelworkers of America v. American Smelting and Refining Co., 648 F.2d 863, 867 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981).
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Hong Kong Supermarket v. Kenneth Kizer Jack Metz Helen Gerig State of California the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States of America
In addition, in ruling on a Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for want of standing, “both the trial and reviewing courts must accept as true all material allegations of the complaint, and must construe the complaint in favor of the complaining party.” Warth v. Seldin, 422 U.S. 490, 501 , 95 S.Ct. 2197, 2206 , 45 L.Ed.2d 343 (1975); accord Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 624 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981). 1 We cannot, however, interpret the complaint *1081 “so liberally as to extend our jurisdiction beyond its constitut…
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Wickland Oil Terminals, a California Corporation v. Asarco, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, and State Lands Commission of California
“Basically, the question in each case is whether the facts alleged, under all the circumstances, show that there is a substantial controversy, between parties having adverse legal interests, of sufficient immediacy and reality to warrant the issuance of a declaratory judgment.” Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co., 312 U.S. 270, 273 , 61 S.Ct. 510, 512 , 85 L.Ed. 826 (1941); see Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 623-24 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981).
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Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Plaintiffs v. The Board of Oil and Gas Conservation of the State of Montana
See Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 627 (9th Cir.) (“the mere possibility that the Secretary may act in an arguably unconstitutional manner pursuant to one or more of these statutes is insufficient to establish the ‘real and substantial controversy’ required to render a case justiciable under Article III”), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); Council of Southern Mountains, Inc. v. Donovan, 516 F.Supp. 955, 960 (D.D.C.1981) (case not ripe because claim that Secretary of Labor had not issued enough citations was impossible to resolve in the …
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United States v. Ringrose
See Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 624 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); United States v. Tulare Lake Canal Co., 535 F.2d 1093, 1097 (9th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1121 , 97 S.Ct. 1156 , 51 L.Ed.2d 571 (1977).
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United States ex rel. Chunie v. Ringrose
See Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 624 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); United States v. Tulare Lake Canal Co., 535 F.2d 1093, 1097 (9th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1121 , 97 S.Ct. 1156 , 51 L.Ed.2d 571 (1977).
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Myers v. Frazier
See Klobuchir v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 639 F.2d 966 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 566 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); Hawk v. Berkemer, 610 F.2d 445 (6th Cir.1979).
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Murray W. Miller, Cross-Appellee v. Transamerican Press, Inc., Cross-Appellants, and Sam Steiger, Deponent, Cross-Appellee
See Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp., 639 F.2d 516, 520 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 566 , 70 L.Ed.2d 473 (1981).
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United States v. Carlos Rodriguez Cruz
See Klobuchir v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 639 F.2d 966 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 566 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); Hawk v. Berkemer, 610 F.2d 445 (6th Cir.1979).
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United States v. Loan Kim Barker
(2×)
See Klobuchir v. Pennsylvania, 639 F.2d 966, 969 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 566 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); Hawk, 610 F.2d at 447 .
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Zentmyer v. United States of America
See, e.g., 27 San Diego Cnty, 98 F.3d at 1126 (explaining that the Ninth Circuit has “repeatedly 28 admonished, however, that ‘[t]he mere existence of a statute, which may or may not ever 1 be applied to plaintiffs, is not sufficient to create a case or controversy within the meaning 2 of Article III.’”); see also Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 627 (9th Cir. 3 1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981) (same language). 4 To the extent that Plaintiff is arguing that the existence of the statute creates a “chilling 5 effect” on his exerc…
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San Diego County Gun Rights Committee v. Reno
We have repeatedly admonished, however, that “[t]he mere existence of a statute, which may or may not ever be applied to plaintiffs, is not sufficient to create a ease or controversy within the meaning of Article III.” Stoianoff v. Montana, 695 F.2d 1214, 1223 (9th Cir.1983) (citation omitted); see also Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 627 (9th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981) (same language). 2.
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96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7760, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 12,811 San Diego County Gun Rights Committee Mark Bruce Skane Henri Jon Donald Buettner John Wallner and San Diego Militia v. Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States of America Frank Newman, Acting Secretary of the Treasury Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
We have repeatedly admonished, however, that "[t]he mere existence of a statute, which may or may not ever be applied to plaintiffs, is not sufficient to create a case or controversy within the meaning of Article III." Stoianoff v. Montana, 695 F.2d 1214, 1223 (9th Cir.1983) (citation omitted); see also Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 627 (9th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981) (same language). 2.
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325-343 E. 56TH STREET CORP. v. Mobil Oil Corp.
See also Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 624 (9th Cir.) (stating that plaintiff’s legal conclusions need not be accepted when ruling on Rule 12(b)(6) motion), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); Hiland Dairy, Inc. v. Kroger Co., 402 F.2d 968, 973 (8th Cir.1968) (same), cert. denied, 395 U.S. 961 , 89 S.Ct. 2096 , 23 L.Ed.2d 748 (1969); Ciro, Inc. v. Gold, 816 F.Supp. 253, 257 (D.Del.1993) (same); Dubbs v. CIA, 769 F.Supp. 1113, 1115 (N.D.Cal.1990) (same). 3 .See also Standard Oil Co. v. Department of Energy, 596 F.2d 1029, 1066 (Temp.Emer.Ct.
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Miklavic v. Usair Inc.
See, e.g., Federated Metals Corp. v. United Steelworkers of America, 648 F.2d 856, 859 (3d Cir.) (citing cases), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981).
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Miklavic v. USAir Inc.
See, e.g., Federated Metals Corp. v. United Steelworkers of America, 648 F.2d 856, 859 (3d Cir.) (citing cases), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981).
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Rust v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield United of Wisconsin
Mitchell v. Archibald, 573 F.2d 429, 432 (7th Cir.1978); see also Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 624 (9th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); U.S. v. Tulare Lake Canal Co., 535 F.2d 1093 , 1097 (9th Cir.1976), ce rt. denied, 429 U.S. 1121 , 97 S.Ct. 1156 , 51 L.Ed.2d 571 (1977).
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Blue Sky L. Rep. P 72,902 Earl W. Ah Moo v. A.G. Becker Paribas, Inc., A/K/A Paribas North America, Inc., Defendant
See, e.g., Blackie v. Barrack, 524 F.2d 891, 909 (9th Cir.1975) (rescission or consequential damages, as alternative to out-of-pocket loss is within discretion of district court), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 816 , 97 S.Ct. 57 , 50 L.Ed.2d 75 (1976); Arrington v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 651 F.2d 615, 621 (9th Cir.1981) (Rule 10b-5 violation permits recovery of difference between value of consideration given and security received, plus consequential damages or rescission); see also Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp., 639 F.2d 516, 533 (9th Cir.), (prejudgment interest award is within d…
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Seinfeld v. Hospital Corp. of America
See also Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp., 639 F.2d 516 , *1061 525-26 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 566 , 70 L.Ed.2d 473 (1981); Whiting v. Dow Chemical Corp., 523 F.2d 680, 687-88 (2d Cir.1975).
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George L. Barry v. Otis R. Bowen
See, e.g., Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp., 639 F.2d 516, 520 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 566 , 70 L.Ed.2d 473 (1981).
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Local Joint Executive Board of Las Vegas, Culinary Workers Union, Local 226 and Bartenders Union, Local 165 v. Royal Center, Inc.
See, e.g., United Steelworkers v. American Smelting and Refining Co., Inc., 648 F.2d 863 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); United Steelworkers v. Fort Pitt Steelcasting Division-Conval-Penn, Inc., 635 F.2d 1071 (3d Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 985 , 101 S.Ct. 2319 , 68 L.Ed.2d 843 (1981); Monroe Sander Corp. v. Livingston, 377 F.2d 6 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 831 , 88 S.Ct. 97 , 19 L.Ed.2d 89 (1967).
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Graphic Communications Union v. Chicago Tribune Company
See, e.g., Federated Metals Corp. v. United Steelworkers of America, 648 F.2d 856 (3d Cir.) (requiring post-contract arbitration in accordance with Nolde regarding payment of pension benefits where dispute turns on interpretation of expired agreement), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); United Steelworkers of America v. Fort Pitt Steel Casting Division-Conval-Penn, Inc., 635 F.2d 1071 (3d Cir.1980) (compelling post-contract arbitration with respect to, among other things, severance pay, accrued vacation benefits and insurance benefits), cert. denied, 451 U.S. …
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Graphic Communications Union, Chicago Paper Handlers' & Electrotypers' Local No. 2 v. Chicago Tribune Co.
See, e.g., Federated Metals Corp. v. United Steelworkers of America, 648 F.2d 856 (3d Cir.) (requiring post-contract arbitration in accordance with Nolde regarding payment of pension benefits where dispute turns on interpretation of expired agreement), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); United Steelworkers of America v. Fort Pitt Steel Casting Division-Conval-Penn, Inc., 635 F.2d 1071 (3d Cir.1980) (compelling post-contract arbitration with respect to, among other things, severance pay, accrued vacation benefits and insurance benefits), ce rt. denied, 451 U.S.…
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Local Joint Executive Board of Las Vegas, Culinary Workers Union, Local 226 and Bartenders Union, Local 165 v. Royal Center, Inc.
See, e.g., United Steelworkers v. American Smelting and Refining Co., Inc., 648 F.2d 863 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); United Steelworkers v. Fort Pitt Steelcasting Division-Conval-Penn, Inc., 635 F.2d 1071 (3d Cir.1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 985 , 101 S.Ct. 2319 , 68 L.Ed.2d 843 (1981); Monroe Sander Corp. v. Livingston, 377 F.2d 6 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 831 , 88 S.Ct. 97 , 19 L.Ed.2d 89 (1967).
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United States v. David Rowland Lee Vaughan
Id. at 592 ; see also Klobuchir v. Pennsylvania, 639 F.2d 966 (3rd Cir.1981), cert, denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 566 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981) (double jeopardy clause does not bar trial on greater offense where that charge had previously been dismissed pursuant to plea agreement and conviction of lesser offense which was subsequently vacated); United States v. Combs, 634 F.2d 1295 (10th Cir.1980), cert, denied, 451 U.S. 913 , 101 S.Ct. 1987 , 68 L.Ed.2d 304 (1981) (acceptance of guilty plea on lesser included offense not implicit acquittal of greater offense).
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Colan v. Monumental Corp.
(CCH) 126,030 (February 14, 1966); see also Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp., 639 F.2d 516, 525 (9th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 566 , 70 L.Ed.2d 473 ; Whiting v. Dow Chemical Co., 523 F.2d 680 (2d Cir.1975).
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Colan v. Monumental Corporation
(CCH) p 26,030 (February 14, 1966); see also Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp., 639 F.2d 516, 525 (9th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 566 , 70 L.Ed.2d 473 ; Whiting v. Dow Chemical Co., 523 F.2d 680 (2d Cir.1975).
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American Timber & Trading Co. v. First National Bank Of Oregon
See also Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp., 639 F.2d 516, 534 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 566 , 70 L.Ed.2d 473 (1981).
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American Timber & Trading Co. v. First National Bank
See also Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp., 639 F.2d 516, 534 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 566 , 70 L.Ed.2d 473 (1981).
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Peter Ottley, as President of Local 144, Hotel, Hospital, Nursing Home & Allied Services Union, Seiu, Afl-Cio v. Sheepshead Nursing Home
(2×)
See also United Steelworkers v. American Smelting and Refining Co., 648 F.2d 863 , 866-67 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 567 , 70 L.Ed.2d 474 (1981); Goetz, Arbitration After Termination of a Collective Bargaining Agreement, 63 Va.L.Rev. 693 (1977); Note, The Scope of Arbitration Agreements-The Arbitrability of Collective Bargaining Agreement Terminations and Expirations: Rochdale Village, Inc. v. Public Service Employees Local 80, 9 N.Y.U.Rev.L. & Soc.
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St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, a Minnesota Corporation v. Continental Casualty Company, an Illinois Corporation
See also Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp., 639 F.2d 516 , 520-21 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1031 , 102 S.Ct. 566 , 70 L.Ed.2d 473 (1981).
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Whittaker
v.
Whittaker Corp.
v.
Whittaker Corp.
No. 80-1903.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Nov 9, 1981.
Cited by 83 opinions | Published
Citer courts: Ninth Circuit (2) · E.D. California (1)
C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.