all - Opinion Summaries

Federal Treasury Enterprise v. SPI Spirits Ltd.

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Dismissal of plaintiffs' claims alleging that defendants infringed certain registered trademarks related to the Russian vodka known as "Stolichnaya,"...

Calguns Foundation, Inc. v. County of San Mateo

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of an action seeking to enjoin a San Mateo County ordinance, which precludes the possession and use of guns in the county's parks and...

Hayes v. WalMart Stores Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
The trial court's order granting plaintiff's motion for class certification in an action asserting claims for violation of the New Jersey Consumer...

US v. Hardy

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
The district court's order granting the government's motion to authorize the Bureau of Prisons to medicate a mentally ill defendant without his...

Harris v. Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In a wrongful death action against defendant-military contractor, alleging defendant negligently performing its maintenance duties under two contracts...

Thornton v. Brown

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Dismissal of plaintiff's civil rights action involving a constitutional challenge to the imposition and enforcement of two conditions of plaintiff’s...

Keller v. Electronic Arts, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In a putative class-action alleging that defendant violated former college football player-plaintiffs' rights of publicity under California Civil Code...

Drake v. Filko

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Judgment that held constitutional a New Jersey law regulating the issuance of permits to carry handguns in public is affirmed, where: 1) the district...

Brown v. Electronic Arts, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Sports Law
The district court's dismissal of retired professional football player-plaintiff's action alleging that defendant violated section 43 of the Lanham...

Pretzantzin v. Holder

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
The decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) reversing the Immigration Judge's (IJ) prior grant of petitioners' motion to suppress evidence...