The court holds that, applying the "place of operations" test, a district court lacks federal diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §1332 to hear a manufacturer's slander, libel, malicious…

The court affirms a trial court holding that three comprehensive general liability insurers could not be required to defend or indemnify an insured property owner with respect to environmental…

The court holds that a 1978 case concerning Native American fishing rights in the Puget Sound intended for the Lummi Indian Tribe's usual and accustomed fishing areas to include Admiralty Inlet…

The court affirms a district court decision holding that a 1978 case concerning Native American fishing rights in the Puget Sound intended for the Lummi Indian Tribe's usual and accustomed fishing…

The court holds that a district court properly transferred to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims a case involving the issuance of two Indian Land Certificates. In 1944, the U.S. Department of the…

The court holds that a power sale contract between an energy company and a public power district does not require the energy company to make current, nonrefundable payments of estimated…

The court upholds the conviction of three individuals that organized a 20,000-person event in the Allegheny National Forest without obtaining a special permit in violation of U.S. Forest Service (…

The court upholds the dismissal of a transporter company's claim that its insurer breached its duty under a marine insurance policy to defend and indemnify the company in a qui tam action…

The court denies individuals' petition for a writ of mandamus directing a judicial panel on multidistrict litigation to remand the individuals' punitive damages claims for asbestos exposure for…

The court holds that the doctrine of res judicata does not bar landowners' third-party state-law contribution and indemnification claim against a neighboring company for cleanup costs the state…