all - Opinion Summaries

Starr International Co., Inc. v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claims against defendant Federal Reserve Bank of New York for breach of fiduciary duty in its rescue of American...

People v. Kisling

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
The trial court's order determining defendant was not entitled to a hearing on whether his indeterminate commitment as a sexually violent predator...

Drager v. PLIVA USA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law
The district court's denial of plaintiff's request to amend her complaint and its dismissal of her state common law tort claims against defendant for...

Finberg v. Manset

Constitutional Law, Family Law
The trial court's order dismissing a grandmother's petition for visitation with her grandson who had been adopted by his stepfather, is reversed and...

Banks v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of an action brought by plaintiffs, thirty-seven lakefront property owners seeking just compensation under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S....

Pierce v. Cotuit Fire District

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants on plaintiff-former fire captain's complaint alleging political discrimination in violation of the First Amendment and...

Coleman v. Medtronic, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging he suffered painful complications after a spinal surgery in which defendants' federally-approved bone...

Montgomery County v. Federal National Mortgage Association

Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) are exempt from the payment of state...

Burrage v. US

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for unlawfully distributing heroin where death resulted from the use of that substance, which subjected him to a 20-year...

Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp.

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment to defendant-employer in a putative collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, seeking backpay for time spent...