all - Opinion Summaries

Ching v. Mayorkas

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Summary judgment for the government in plaintiffs' action challenging the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service's denial of...

Ketchikan Drywall Services, Inc. v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
The petition for review from an Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) decision which upheld the defendant's finding that petitioner violated the...

K.M. v. Tustin Unified School District

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law
Summary judgments to defendant-school district in two cases in which plaintiffs, high schoolers with hearing disabilities, alleged that their school...

Western States Petroleum Association v. State Board of Equalization

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
The Court of Appeal's judgment that defendant's Rule 474, which provides that the value of petroleum refinery property, including land, improvements,...

Neighbors for Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
In a challenge under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to the approval by defendant of a project to construct a light-rail line running...

BNSF Railway Company v. Public Utilities Commission

Administrative Law, Public Utilities, Transportation
The Public Utilities Commission does not have the authority to order railroads to stop using locomotive-mounted horns at certain pedestrian rail...

National Organization of Veterans Advocates, Inc. v. Shinseki

Government Law, Sanctions, Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In a dispute arising from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) decision to issue an immediately-effective new rule (2011 rule) that eliminated...

Gallo v. Department of Transportation

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Petitioner's request for attorney's fees under the Back Pay Act and Federal Circuit Rule 47.7 is denied, because this court lacks the statutory...

The Board of Pilot Commissioners v. Superior Court (Pacific Merchant Shipping Association)

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Government Law, Transportation
The trial court's order compelling the production of certain records held by petitioner's Port Agent under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) is...

Kernea v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
The decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims denying claimant's claim for enhanced dependency and indemnity compensation under 38...