all - Opinion Summaries

Coalition for Equal Rights, Inc. v. Ritter

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's Clean Indoor Air Act (CCIA), summary judgment for the Colorado's governor and other state...

Hess v. Bd. of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
Denial of a petition for habeas relief is affirmed over a claim that Oregon Revised Statute section 144.125(3) (1991), which allows the Parole Board...

US v. Shinderman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Sentencing
Defendant's convictions and sentence stemming from his unauthorized use of another doctor's name and DEA registration number are affirmed over claims...

Trimed, Inc. v. Stryker Corp.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent pertaining to an implantable device for fixing bone fractures, summary judgment of noninfringement for...

Avivi v. Centro Medico Urgente Med. Ctr.

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice suit, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where plaintiff's expert disclosed sufficient familiarity with similar...

Tran v. Mukasey

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Immigration Law
8 U.S.C. section 1231(a)(6), as construed by the Supreme Court in Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001), does not authorize the continued and...

Turner v. US

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
The district court erred in exercising jurisdiction over parents' FTCA claims on behalf of a minor child. Moreover, the Naval Hospital Jacksonville is...

Am. Fed'n of State, County & Muni. Employees v. City of Benton

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a union's suit against defendants-city and officials to enjoin the city to continue paying retiree health insurance premiums, grant of plaintiffs'...

Saxena v. Goffney

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a wrongful death action brought by the widow and two children of a decedent who died after seeking treatment from defendant-doctor for an open...

People v. Superior Ct. of San Diego County

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
Dismissal of a petition to commit real party as a sexually violent predator (SVP) under the Sexually Violent Predators Act is affirmed where: 1) real...