all - Opinion Summaries

Gates v. City of Chicago

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiffs' suit challenging a city's policies governing the return of seized funds to those arrested by police officers, summary judgment for the...

Northville Downs v. Granholm

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Government Law, Constitutional Law, Gaming Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by operators of horse-racing tracks, claiming that article IV, section 41 of the Michigan Constitution, as...

Henry v. Purnell

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's section 1983 suit against a deputy sheriff claiming that the sheriff used excessive force in effecting his arrest by mistakenly drawing...

Miller v. City of Cincinnati

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' section 1983 suit against the city of Cincinnati, claiming that the city's regulation governing access to the interior spaces of city...

US v. Ruiz-Gaxiola

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an illegal reentry prosecution, the district court's order authorizing the government to administer antipsychotic medication forcibly is reversed...

County of Los Angeles v. Sahag-Mesrob Armenian Christian Sch.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a county's suit against an Armenian Christian school, claiming violations of zoning code sections 22.20.015 and 22.60.330, for operating "an...

The Wilderness Society, Inc. v. Rey

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
In an challenge to the Forest Service's revision of the regulations implementing the Forest Service Decisionmaking and Appeals Reform Act to...

City of Los Angeles v. Tesoro Ref. & Mktg. Co.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
In a city's suit for declaratory relief against a refinery, establishing that as a charter city, the California Constitution gives it the exclusive...

US v. White

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a prosecution of defendant for conspiracy, credit card fraud and identity theft, district court's grant of the prosecution's motion to forcibly...

Lykken v. Brady

Agriculture, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action asserting civil rights violations arising from a search of plaintiffs' farm, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the...