all - Opinion Summaries

BALTIMORE SCRAP CORP. v. THE DAVID J. JOSEPH CO.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Constitutional Law
Surreptitiously financing citizen group litigation in state court to prevent or delay another company's entry into the market does not violate the...

KHODARA ENVTL., INC. v. BECKMAN

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
Repeal and replacement of 49 UC 44718(d) regarding regulation and placement of waste disposal facilities near airports mooted challenges to old...

RILEY v. TAYLOR

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In striking three African Americans from jury panel, prosecution did not violate prohibition against race-based peremptory challenges of jurors under...

US v. WALKER

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A person listed on a car rental agreement as an authorized driver has a protected Fourth Amendment interest in the vehicle and may challenge a search...

RANCH HOUSE v. AMERSON

Constitutional Law
Legislative finding that dissemination of obscene materials caused harm is insufficient to establish adverse secondary effects, allegedly caused by...

CITY NEWS & NOVELTY, INC. v. CITY OF WAUKESHA

Constitutional Law
Where adult bookstore has ceased operations, controversy over whether a failure to relicense constitutes prior restraint of expression is moot.

SELLING v. YOUNG

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Washington State's Community Protection Act of 1990 (Act), which authorizes the civil commitment of "sexually violent predators," cannot be deemed...

MD / DC / DE BROADCASTERS ASSOC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law
FCC's Equal Employment Opportunity rule putting official pressure upon broadcasters to recruit minority candidates, creates an unconstitutional...

AT&T COMMUNICATIONS v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC.

Communications Law, Constitutional Law
A state's participation in the federal regulatory function delegated by Congress in the 1996 Telecommunications Act serves as a voluntary waiver of...

SAYRE v. ANDERSON

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Where attorney previously represented defendant in a case in which defendant admitted to the charged crime under cross examination, attorney was not...