all - Opinion Summaries

Blanchard v. Morton Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
42 U.S.C. section 1983 does not create a cause of action for money damages under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for the lost...

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment Sys. v. McClellan

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Indian Law
In an appeal involving two conflicting statutory interpretations of section 402(e) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 42 U.S.C. section...

Jewell v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am.

ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order granting plaintiff's claim for long-term disability benefits under ERISA is reversed where the district court abused its discretion in...

Joshua D. v. Super. Ct. (People)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Juvenile Law
Petition for writ of mandate challenging an order compelling petitioner to testify in proceedings initiated by the district attorney to extend his...

Ogletree v. Matthews, et. al.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Under Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code section 51.014(a)(9), no interlocutory appeal is permitted when a served report is found deficient and an...

Sekiya v. Gates

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff's supervisor discriminated against her on the basis of her disability, in violation of the Rehabilitation Act,...

Bias v. Moynihan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights suit alleging that defendants detained plaintiff for psychiatric evaluation without probable cause in violation of her federal and...

Mem'l Hosp. of Laramie County v. Healthcare Realty Trust Inc.

Construction, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case brought by a hospital involving several contract and tort claims arising out of the planning, construction, and operation of a medical...

City of Garden Grove v. Super. Ct.

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In case where drug charges were dismissed against real party since he had a doctor's approval to use marijuana for medical reasons, city's petition...

Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. v. Director, OWCP

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Petition for review challenging award of survivor's benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act is denied where substantial evidence supports the ALJ's...