all - Opinion Summaries

NIGH v. KOONS BUICK PONTIAC GMC, INC.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Transportation
In an automobile sale where the dealer failed to disclose material charges, the District Court's determinations that the dealer violated the Truth In...

AQUINO v. ASIANA AIRLINES, INC.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Neither the Warsaw Convention nor the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 preempt claims alleging that an airline's refusal to let plaintiffs board a...

JACKSON v. GOURLEY

Administrative Law, Education Law, Transportation
Because the Legislature has expressly declined to regulate the format and content of private school driver education courses, the Department of Motor...

SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE NETWORK v. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL

Constitutional Law, Transportation
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) acted appropriately, pursuant to its authority to direct traffic, in interfering with plaintiffs' display of...

KING JEWELRY, INC. v. FED. EXPRESS CORP.

Contracts, Transportation
As defined in shipping contract, candelabra were "items of extraordinary value," and because federal common law governed a limited liability provision...

ABDULWALI v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation, Government Law
Sovereign immunity shields a transit authority from liability for the design of warning signs on its trains, in a personal injury suit challenging the...

PIERCE COUNTY v. GUILLEN

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
An evidentiary privilege, 23 U.S.C. section 409, which protects information related to certain federal highway safety programs from discovery or...

JESSICA HOWARD LTD. v. NORFOLK S. RY. CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
The district court erred in determining that, as a matter of law, potentially operative documents all measure defendant rail carrier's liability by...

STEENHOLDT v. FED. AVIATION ADMIN.

Administrative Law, Transportation
The court has no jurisdiction to determine whether the FAA erred in deciding not to renew petitioner's authority to examine certain aircraft repairs...

COLLINS v. OVERNITE TRANSP. CO.

Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Dismissal of truck drivers' complaint for unpaid overtime compensation and other relief against a motor carrier is affirmed, as plaintiffs come within...