all - Opinion Summaries

In re IndyMac Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
The district court's order partially denying motions to intervene by proposed intervenors is affirmed, where: 1) American Pipe & Construction Co. v....

US v. Bravo-Fernandez

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendants' convictions under the federal program bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. section 666 for allegedly exchanging a trip to Las Vegas to attend a...

Hollingsworth v. Perry

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In challenge to the district court's ruling that California's Proposition 8, which amended the State Constitution to define marriage as a union...

Stansbury v. Wertman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a 1983 action alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution, the district court's denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment is reversed...

ONY, Inc. v. Cornerstone Therapeutics, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Judgment dismissing plaintiff's complaint alleging that defendants' article, and the distribution of selections from it, violates the Lanham Act and...

Carpenters Pension Fund v. Maryland Department of Health

Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, ERISA, Judgement Enforcement
A federal proceeding that seeks to attach the property of a state to satisfy a debt, whether styled as a garnishment action or an analogous common law...

Sekhar v. US

White Collar Crime, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction of attempted extortion, in violation of the Hobbs Act, is reversed, where attempting to compel a person to recommend that his...

US v. Windsor

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Tax Law
In a tax refund suit, in which plaintiff challenged the determination that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) barred her from claiming the federal...

Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgment for plaintiff in patent infringement suit based on two jury verdicts finding that defendant directly and indirectly infringed specified...

Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law
Judgment for plaintiff-recording companies in suit alleging defendant illegally downloaded and distributed music is affirmed, where the award to...