all - Opinion Summaries

Joy Road Area Forest & Watershed Ass'n . v. California Dep't of Forestry & Fire Prot.

Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law
Reversal of approval of defendant's Timber Harvest Plan 219 is affirmed except for directions to the trial court to modify its order to note that: 1)...

Bowen v. Brewer

Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute between owners of adjacent properties over alleged deposits of sewage sludge on defendants' property, a judgment for attorney's fees and...

Fitzgerald Living Trust v. US

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute over property owners' right of access over a national forest road and a proposed statutory easement by the Forest Service providing them...

Natural Res. Def. Council v. Environmental Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, International Law
Petition to review defendant's proposed rule to implement critical use exemption for methyl bromide, after party nations to the Montreal Protocol on...

U.S. Dep't of Agric. v. Brown

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In a mortgage foreclosure case involving a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the court renders judgment for the lender pursuant to...

Clark v. Johanns

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for a former employer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), on plaintiff's claims of sex discrimination and retaliation is...

Overstreet v. Contigroup Cos., Inc.

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Denial of defendants' motion for stay and to compel arbitration of an action brought by a chicken farmer who raised chickens for defendants under...

Source Food Tech., Inc. v. US Fid. & Guar. Co.

Agriculture, Contracts, Insurance Law, International Law, International Trade
Summary judgment for an insurer on plaintiff's claim for coverage under a business interruption policy is reversed where a Canadian beef ban by the...

Mortellite v. Novartis Crop Protection, Inc.

Agriculture, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Summary judgment against blueberry farmers who filed suit against a pesticide company for damages to their crops is vacated in part where plaintiffs'...

Reinco, Inc. v. Thompson

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Grant of a new trial, following a jury verdict in favor of the manufacturer of a hydroseeder, in a product liability case is vacated where the record...