all - Opinion Summaries

Marshall v. Burger King Corp.

Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action based on negligence, dismissal based on lack of duty on the part of defendant is reversed and the matter remanded where,...

Westpac Pac. Food v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Government Law, Tax Law
Cash advances in exchange for volume purchase commitments, subject to pro rata repayment if the volume commitments are not met, are not income when...

Santa Monica Food Not Bombs v. City of Santa Monica

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
A city's "Community Events Ordinance" requiring permits for certain categories of community events is, save a single provision, a content-neutral...

Cactus Corner, LLC v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law, Government Law, International Trade
Summary judgment for the USDA sustaining, over domestic fruit growers' challenge involving medfly concerns, a rule conditionally allowing the...

Equal Opportunity Employment Comm'n v. BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer on a claim of race discrimination arising from the termination of a black employee is reversed where genuine...

Camuglia v. City of Albuquerque

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
Summary judgment rejecting plaintiff's claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 that he was denied substantive and procedural due process when his...

Shadewell Grove IP, LLC v. Mrs. Fields Franchising, LLC

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Judgment is entered in favor of defendant on claims arising from alleged breaches of three licensing agreements and the covenants of good faith and...

Barnes v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of an action brought by the owner and operator of a business that processed and packaged chickens under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)...

Superior Beverage Co., Inc. v. Schieffelin & Co.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts
An order remanding and dismissing an action alleging violation of Ohio's Alcohol Beverage Franchise Act (ABFA) arising from defendant-alcohol...

Matthew Headley Holdings, LLC v. McCleary, Inc.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Judgment in favor of plaintiff on fraud and breach of contract claims in a dispute involving a snack distributorship agreement is reversed in part as...