all - Opinion Summaries

Cal. Redevelopment Assn. v. Matosantos

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In consolidated appeals regarding bills which required redevelopment agencies throughout the state to contribute portions of their property tax...

Stuart v. Huff

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In action challenging the constitutionality of a North Carolina statute that requires certain informed consent procedures prior to the performance of...

Connelly v. Steel Valley School District

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In 1983 action challenging defendant-school district's failure to fully credit plaintiff's out-of-state teaching experience in setting his salary,...

In re Morales

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In warden's appeal of order granting a writ of habeas corpus which prohibits preferential treatment of inmates on the basis of ethnicity, order is...

Zimmerman v. Norfolk Southern Corporation

Injury & Tort Law, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence
In negligence action against defendant-railroad, summary judgment for defendant is: 1) reversed on plaintiff's failure to warn claim where his...

Brown v. Town of Cary

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In 1983 action, district court's summary judgment for plaintiff invalidating defendant's municipal sign ordinance, as applied to plaintiff, is...

Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Contracts, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
In challenge by hospitals to Medicare's SSI fraction calculation, which affects the reimbursement amount health care providers receive for inpatient...

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. v. Bowen

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Tax Law
In petition for writ of mandate challenging a bill reordering the ballot propositions and the legislative practice of passing a budget with empty...

US v. Armstrong

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
District court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment is affirmed, where: 1) the Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968...

Center for Individual Freedom v. Tennant

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Media Law
In challenge to West Virginia's campaign-finance reporting and disclaimer requirements, summary judgment is: 1) affirmed as to the decisions to strike...