all - Opinion Summaries

Al Shimari v. CACI International, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In suits by former prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, alleging that the defendant prison contractors and certain of their employees were liable...

Veterans for Common Sense v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a suit brought by two nonprofit veterans organizations against the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Ninth Circuit en banc holds: 1) the district...

Padilla v. Yoo

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Military Law
In a suit by a man held as an enemy combatant and his mother against a deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of...

Githens v. Shinseki

Military Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
In a case in which a veteran brought a claim before the Department of Veterans Affairs for total disability based on individual unemployability, her...

US v. Apel

Criminal Law & Procedure, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
A conviction on three counts of trespassing on an air force base is reversed in light of US v. Parker, 651 F.3d 1180 (9th Cir. 2011), which held that...

Parsons Global Services, Inc. v. McHugh

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Military Law
In a case in which a prime contractor submitted to the government a claim for payment under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 on behalf of a...

Donnellan v. Shinseki

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Military Law
In a case in which a veteran sought disability benefits, his appeal of a remand order of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is dismissed, where...

US v. Kelly

Criminal Law & Procedure, Military Law
In a prosecution of five peace and disarmament activists for crimes stemming from their cutting through two fences and into a secure area of a naval...

Chandler v. Shinseki

Government Benefits, Military Law
In a case in which a disabled veteran sought an enhanced pension under 38 USC section 1521(e) pursuant to 38 USC section 1513, the Veterans Court's...

Wilder v. Merit System Protections Board

Military Law, Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case in which a former civilian employee of the Navy, who was on the job for less than a year but who had previously served for 26 years in the...