all - Opinion Summaries

US v. Osinger

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Cyberspace Law
Defendant's conviction and sentence for stalking in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 2261A is affirmed, where: 1) because section 2261A proscribes...

Empresa Cubana del Tabaco v. General Cigar Co., Inc.

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, International Law
The decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board granting summary judgment to defendant on the basis that plaintiff, a Cuban company, lacks...

Consumer Watchdog v. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Plaintiff's appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision affirming the patentability of claims 1–4 of defendant's '913 patent, which is...

Biery v. US

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In an action alleging that the conversion of a rail corridor to a recreational trail pursuant to the National Trail Systems Act constituted a taking...

Rosales-Martinez v. Palmer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Dismissal of an action for damages under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that plaintiff was unlawfully convicted and imprisoned as a result of...

Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Humble

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action seeking to enjoin enforcement of an Arizona statute and its implementing regulation, which restrict the manner in which certain...

Wood v. Yordy

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-prison officials in an action brought by plaintiff-inmate under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized...

Stanczyk v. City of New York

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court's judgment in favor of plaintiff in her 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive force awarding her $55,000 in compensatory...

Bond v. United States

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law
Defendant's crime of simple assault, carried out by spreading two toxic chemicals on the victim's car, mailbox, and door knob in hopes that the victim...

PPL EnergyPlus, LLC v. Nazarian

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Public Utilities
In an action challenging a Maryland program to subsidize the participation of a new power plant in the federal wholesale energy market, judgment for...