all - Opinion Summaries

Adair v. Lease Partners, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal from an order remanding the case to state court in an action in which the FDIC had been a party but was subsequently dismissed, the order...

Villafranca v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action against the U.S. alleging that federal agents used excessive force against plaintiff, judgment for...

Guillemaro-Ginorio v. Contreras-Gomez

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiffs' case against the Office of the Insurance Commissioner of Puerto Rico and two consecutive Insurance Commissioners claiming that they...

Kerns v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's lawsuit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, alleging that the government's employee negligently caused an...

Green-Brown v. Sealand Servs. Inc.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Plaintiff's petition for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board of the US Department of Labor, affirming an ALJ's decision that awarded...

US v. Root

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
District court's conviction of defendant for tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States is affirmed where: 1) upholding the government's...

Guzman v. County of Monterey

Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Water Law
In plaintiffs' case against a county and the owner and operator of their mobile home park for fluoride contamination in the water, trial court's grant...

311 S. Spring St. Co. v. Dep't. of Gen. Serv.

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's case against the state for breach of a lease, trial court's postjudgment order denying defendant's request to vacate that portion of a...

Nkihtaqmikon v. Impson

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Indian Law
In an Indian tribe's challenge to a decision approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to lease a plot of Passamaquoddy land for the construction...

California Energy Comm'n v. Dept. of Energy

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a petition for review of an order of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) denying petitioner's request for a waiver of preemption under the Energy...