all - Opinion Summaries

Stephen F. Austin State Univ. v. Flynn

Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A landowner who dedicates a public easement for recreational purposes is entitled to the protection of the recreational use statute. In an action...

New West L.P.v. City of Joliet

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a federal lawsuit concerning a city's state suit to condemn a low-income housing complex, dismissal of the complex's complaint is reversed and...

Law Office of David J. Stern, P.A. v. Sec. Nat'l Servicing Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving a legal malpractice claim arising out of an attempted mortgage foreclosure, a district court's decision reversing summary judgment...

Community Dev. Comm'n of the City of Oxnard v. County of Ventura

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In case involving escape assessments, or assessments that are made where property in question was not assessed during initial assessment period,...

Citizens Exposing Truth About Casinos v. Kempthorne

Gaming Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In challenge to determination that the proposed site for casino was within the "initial reservation" exception to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act's...

Holliday Amusement Co. of Charleston, Inc. v. South Carolina

Constitutional Law, Gaming Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In suit for just compensation for an alleged regulatory taking in the form of outlawing video gaming machines in South Carolina, summary judgment for...

Rosario v. Diagonal Realty, LLC

Government Benefits, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A landlord's determination to accept federal "Section 8" rent subsidy payments is a "term and condition" of a lease executed with a rent-stabilized...

Broggy v. Rockefeller Group, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In case where plaintiff, a window washer was injured at a worksite, sued people involved with the office building, appellate division's reversal of...

Morris v. Pavarini Constr.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The question of whether a Labor Department regulation, requiring "forms" to be "braced or tied together so as to maintain position and shape" has been...

Brandenburg v. Eureka Redev. Agency

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure
Judgment for defendants after sustaining of demurrer to first amended complaint is affirmed where it was filed after the statute of limitations had...