all - Opinion Summaries

Cappiello v. ICD Publications, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law
Following judgment for plaintiff in a breach of contract/employment action, the district court correctly, and constitutionally, held that plaintiff...

City of Dana Point v. California Coastal Commission

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In consolidated appeals involving the defendant Commission's determination that the development mandated by plaintiff's nuisance abatement ordinance...

Joyce v. Town of Dennis, MA

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Remedies
Following judgment in favor of plaintiff on her claim of gender discrimination arising out of defendants' denying her entry into a men's golf...

Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Ariz., Inc.

Constitutional Law, Elections, Indian Law
Arizona's evidence-of-citizenship requirement, as applied to Federal Form applicants, is pre-empted by the National Voter Registration Act' mandate...

Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the dismissal of a suit brought by plaintiff Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that violated section 5...

US v. Van Bommel Duyzing

Admiralty, Asset Forfeiture, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of a claim against the government for money recovered by the U.S. Coast Guard that was tossed into the Caribbean Sea while claimant and his...

Maracich v. Spears

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action brought by plaintiffs, South Carolina residents, against defendant attorneys for violating the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of...

Alleyne v. US

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for using or carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of violence that included an increased penalty for "brandishing a weapon"...

Salinas v. Texas

Evidence, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's murder conviction is affirmed, where: 1) without being placed in custody or receiving Miranda warnings, defendant voluntarily answered the...

US v. Davila

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Judges & Judiciary
The Court of Appeals' order vacating defendant's guilty plea is vacated and remanded, where: 1) under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(h),...