all - Opinion Summaries

Sebelius v. Cloer

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
An untimely petition under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act may qualify for an award of attorney's fees if it is filed in good faith and...

Scoggins v. Lee's Crossing Homeowners Association

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment holding that the plaintiffs were not entitled under the Fair Housing Amendments Act (FHAA) to an accommodation and a modification...

New Vista Nursing and Rehabilitation v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for nurses union against plaintiff on a charge of unfair labor practices, and subsequent orders affirming the same, are vacated,...

Lassiter v. City of Philadelphia

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The district court properly granted defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings, on plaintiff's complaint alleging Fourth Amendment violations...

Castleman v. Sagaser

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
The trial court properly denied defendant's special motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute on plaintiffs' claims for breach of fiduciary duty,...

Williams v. Ozmint

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Judgment for defendants in plaintiff-prisoner's civil rights action is : 1) dismissed in part, because the plaintiff's visitation privileges already...

Bock v. California Capital Loans, Inc.

Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment for defendant holding that a promissory note was exempt from the constitutional usury prohibition under Civil Code section 1916.1 is...

Hofmann v. Sender

Constitutional Law, Family Law, International Law
The district court's determination that the parties' children were habitually resident in Canada under the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of...

Dan’s City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
State-law claims stemming from the storage and disposal of a car, once towing has ended, are not sufficiently connected to a motor carrier's service...

Gonzalez v. City of Anaheim

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 1983 action in which plaintiffs alleged that defendant-officers used excessive force in a struggle that led to...