all - Opinion Summaries

PEOPLE v. MUHAMMAD

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
A monetary fine levied under Code of Civil Procedure section 177.5, against a prosecutor for exercising unconstitutional jury peremptory challenges,...

MANSELL v. OTTO

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
A crime victim could not state a claim for invasion of privacy based on reading of her mental health records by defendant and counsel, because they...

MONJARAZ-MUNOZ v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Immigration Law
An alien's reasons for failing to appear at his deportation hearing (negligent advice of an attorney's agent) constituted "exceptional circumstances"...

WASSERMAN v. BRESSMAN

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Law firms were entitled to summary judgment in bankruptcy trustee's action seeking to recover certain funds received by the firms as counsel fees,...

US v. JOHNSON

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
The district court properly found that a paralegal and consulting service engaged in the unauthorized practice of law under Illinois law, and...

NIGHTLIFE PARTNERS, LTD. v. CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
A hearing on denial of an adult entertainment permit did not meet minimum due process standards where, in addition to taking an active part in the...

LERNER v. FLEET BANK, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
Lack of RICO standing does not divest a district court of jurisdiction over the action because RICO standing, unlike other standing doctrines, is...

US v. SMITH

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
The fact that a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney's (SAUSA) salary was fixed at zero by the Attorney General, while he continued to receive a state...

DANIELS v. BARRON

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In finding improvident an award of attorneys' fees for representation of a bankrupt's estate, the bankruptcy court abused its discretion in departing...

U.S. v. PEREZ

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sentencing
Where a criminal defendant asserts only potential conflicts of interest, but not actual ones, and they involve rather routine discrete problems that...