all - Opinion Summaries

Canyon County v. Syngenta Seeds, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case involving an Idaho county's attempt to recover, from defendants, damages under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)...

People v. McKey

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
An order involuntarily committing defendant after jury found him to be a sexually violate predator (SVP) within the meaning of Sexually Violent...

Phillips v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a death penalty case, an order denying inmate's successive motion to vacate his judgment and sentence and an order concluding that he is not...

Noe v. PolyOne Corp.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a retiree health benefits case brought under section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), summary judgment for employer is vacated and...

McCadney v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Denial of social security disability and supplemental security income benefits for claimant who suffered a stroke is reversed and remanded where the...

Jiang v. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Servs.

Health Law, Immigration Law
A decision finding that petitioner was ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal on the basis of "persecutor bar" under 8 U.S.C. sections...

Ford v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Decision upholding Social Security Commissioner's denial of plaintiff's application for social security disability benefits is reversed and remanded...

US v. Refert

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence for offenses involving health care fraud and false claims against the United States are affirmed in part and...

Benefit Recovery, Inc. v. Donelon

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Directive 175 issued by the Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance, which provides that "any right of recovery from third parties on the part of the...

Budnick v. Town of Carefree

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Elder Law, Government Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action raising, inter alia, a claim that defendant-town violated the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (FHAA) by denying plaintiffs a Special...