all - Opinion Summaries

Kalil v. Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Banking Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
A decision temporarily suspending an employee of the Department of Agriculture due in part to his allegedly improper interference with ongoing...

Davies v. Johanns

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Banking Law, Debt Collection
In a dispute over the manner in which the Farm Service Agency (FSA) assessed the amount that plaintiffs' property had appreciated for purposes of...

Engquist v. Oregon Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
The class-of-one theory of equal protection is not applicable to decisions made by public employers. Also, there is substantive due process protection...

Safe Air for Everyone v. US Envt'l Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law
Petition for review of an EPA decision approving an amendment to a State Implementation Plan (SIP) under the Clean Air Act, so as to authorize farmers...

Brown v. Florida Dep't of Agric. & Consumer Servs.

Administrative Law, Agriculture
In an action seeking compensation for cattle lost in 1985 as a result of their being confiscated by the state because of a brucellosis outbreak, a...

Empacadora de Carnes de Fresnillo, S.A. v. Curry

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, International Trade
A permanent injunction barring the prosecution of slaughterhouses for processing, selling and transporting horsemeat for human consumption is vacated...

Nat'l Ass'n of Agric. Workers v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Labor & Employment Law
A determination by the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) that agricultural specialists are nonprofessionals was a component of an appropriate...

Hansen v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
A tax court's judgment upholding the imposition of a negligence penalty pursuant to I.R.C. section 6662(a) on petitioners-taxpayers for claiming...

Jones v. Gale

Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Elections
Initiative 300, which was adopted by Nebraska voters and places restrictions on corporate ownership of Nebraska farm and ranch land, is...

County of Colusa v. California Wildlife Conservation Bd.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
Judgment for attorney fees in favor of cross-complainant county, in case involving state agency proposal to convert agricultural land into wildlife...