all - Opinion Summaries

Vaqueria Tres Monjitas, Inc. v. Irizarry

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit against Puerto Rico's Milk Industry Regulation Administration, claiming that the Administration's regulatory scheme governing milk...

Legal Aid Servs. of Or. v. Legal Servs. Corp.

Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In a First Amendment challenge to restrictions on lobbying, soliciting clients, participating in class actions, and seeking attorneys' fees imposed on...

State of Texas v. Central Expressway Sign Assoc.

Constitutional Law, Evidence
In the state's condemnation of an easement that was leased to an advertising company for the purpose of erecting a billboard and selling advertising...

Carr v. Dist. of Columbia

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action alleging that the police unlawfully arrested plaintiffs during a protest, summary judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed in part where the...

Reed v. Gilbert

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a First Amendment challenge to a municipal sign regulation that prohibited all signs without a permit, subject to nineteen enumerated exemptions...

Levine v. Vilsack

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
In an action challenging the USDA's enunciation of its position in the Federal Register that there was no specific federal humane handling and...

Delano Farms Co. v. Cal. Table Grape Comm'n

Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a First Amendment challenge to a state statutory scheme requiring grape growers to fund generic advertising, summary judgment for defendant is...

White v. Howes

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's grant of petition for habeas relief on the ground that the trial court violated the Double Jeopardy Clause by convicting defendant...

DeBurgo v. Amand

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of defendant's request for habeas relief arising from his conviction for armed assault with intent to murder and assault and batter by means of...

Jennings v. Jones

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's civil rights case against the state of Rhode Island and a State Police representative and other police officers who had executed a...