all - Opinion Summaries

Penzer v. Trans. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an insurance coverage dispute over whether, under Florida law, the sending of an unsolicited advertisement by fax, in violation of the federal...

People v. Beaty

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Sentencing
Trial court's revocation of defendant's Proposition 36 probation and imposition of a 30-day sentence in a county jail is reversed and remanded as the...

Katzeff v. California Dep't of Forestry & Fire Prot.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In plaintiff's suit alleging violations of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), trial court's judgment that the California Department of...

Stewart v. Rolling Stone LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Entertainment Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action suit brought by "indie rock" musicians whose band names were included in an editorial in a Rolling Stone issue, claiming...

Midwest Title Loans, Inc. v. Mills

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law
In a title loan company's suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 to enjoin, as a violation of the Commerce Clause, the application to plaintiff of...

Canto v. Holder

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the BIA's finding that petitioner is deportable due to his conviction of counterfeiting over two decades ago is denied where:...

Farid v. Ellen

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a prisoner's challenge to a prison's rules regarding contraband and smuggling as applied to a pamphlet he possessed, summary judgment for...

Aqua Log, Inc. v. Georgia

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In two in rem admiralty actions seeking to salvage logs lying at the bottom of Georgia's rivers, the district court's denial of the state's motion to...

Fritz v. Charter Township of Comstock

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against a town and one of its supervisors, partial grant of defendant's motion for...

In re G.M.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Government Law
Juvenile court's order termination the parental rights of a mother to two of her children is affirmed as: 1) although evidence of a legal impediment...