all - Opinion Summaries

Byrd v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Constitutional Law
Vacating and remanding the conviction of a man who had used a rental car to transport body armor and 49 bricks of heroin and was not listed on the...

US v. Sanchez Gomez

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Reversing a Court of Appeals decision to treat a suit challenging the constitutionality of full restraints on in custody defendants in nonjury...

AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Inc. v. Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Health Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Drugs & Biotech, Patent
Affirming the dismissal of a declaratory judgment action filed against the producer of several antiviral drugs used in the treatment of AIDS by an...

Caldwell v. City and County of San Francisco

Civil Procedure, Evidence
Reversing the district court grant of summary judgment to a defendant police sergeant accused of manufacturing evidence that resulted in a man...

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. City of Seattle

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation
Reversing a district court dismissal of claims that an ordinance authorizing collective bargaining between driver coordinators like Uber and Lyft...

Ajdler v. Province of Mendoza

Civil Procedure, Banking Law, Contracts
Reversing the dismissal of a contract action pertaining to the defendant's unpaid bonds, certifying the question to the New York Court of Appeals...

Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Paragon Bioteck, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Reversing the US Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision regarding the As Sawaya Declarations, vacating the determination...

Snapp v. United Transportation Union

Civil Rights, Transportation, Labor & Employment Law
Affirming the district court judgment after a jury trial in favor of a railway in an action alleging a failure to accommodate under the Americans with...

Webb v. City of Riverside

Tax Law, Civil Procedure, Public Utilities
Affirming the dismissal of a verified petition for writ of mandate complaining about a city's transfer of additional revenue from electric utility...

Alexander v. Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

Health Law, Civil Procedure
Affirming a trial court decision sustaining demurrers and granting summary judgment to the defendant hospital and nine doctors who chose not to follow...