all - Opinion Summaries

Reno Air Racing Ass'n, Inc. v. McCord

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Remedies, Trademark
An award of damages and a permanent injunction against defendant due to his infringement of two trademarks belonging to plaintiff is affirmed, but a...

United Air Lines v. HSBC Bank USA

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Construction, Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
Bankruptcy court ruling that an agreement between United Air Lines and the City of Denver for the financing and operation of newly constructed...

Robinson v. Hartzell Propeller, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability case involving the crash of a small passenger aircraft, an appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction as the court lacked...

Tutor-Saliba Corp. v. City of Hailey

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action stemming from defendants' denial of permission for plaintiff to land his jet at an airport, a partial grant of...

Summers v. UAL Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of a class action against an ERISA fiduciary who administered a Employee Stock Option Plan is affirmed where the fiduciary did not act...

Fairchild Dornier GMBH v. Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors

Bankruptcy Law
The bankruptcy court's recharacterization of a sale of parts is affirmed where: 1) recharacterization of claims is within the broad powers of a...

Nat'l Treasury Employees Union v. Chertoff

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Regulations establishing a human resources management system involving Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees are held to have failed to...

Adair v. Charter County of Wayne

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit brought by certain airport officers under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...

Michaelis, Montanari & Johnson v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Construction, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a dispute involving California's Public Records Act, a court of appeals' reversal of a denial of mandamus petition seeking public disclosure of...

TMW Corp. v. D&D Enters., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
In a suit arising plaintiff's purchase of airplane landing gear from defendant, a California corporation, without the proper documentation to resell...