all - Opinion Summaries

California Sch. Bd. Assoc. v. State of California

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Remedies
In a challenge to state legislative action, trial court's grant of injunctive and declaratory relief is affirmed in part and reversed in part where:...

Reams v. Irvin

Civil Rights, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on Defendants' impoundment of Plaintiff's horses, summary judgment for Defendants based on qualified immunity...

US v. McFall

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law
Defendant's extortion conviction is reversed where the government did not prove that Defendant attempted to "obtain" the alleged victim's property...

Bartlett v. Strickland

Elections, Government Law
In an appeal from a state court order requiring a voting district to be redrawn under the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the judgment is affirmed. The...

US v. Siegelman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law
Defendants' bribery and mail fraud convictions are affirmed in part, where the jury was properly instructed that a quid pro quo was required to...

Stevens v. US

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury suit claiming that the U.S. was responsible for delivery of anthrax to Plaintiff's decedent, the action is remanded where the...

Ritchie v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Civil Procedure, Government Law
In a qui tam action alleging fraud by Defendant in billing the government, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where Plaintiff released her...

Stonehill v. IRS

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Government Law
In a FOIA action seeking documents relating to the IRS's investigation of Plaintiff's businesses, summary judgment for the IRS is affirmed where the...

Potter v. Dist. of Colum.

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Religious Freedom Restoration Act challenge to a city's requirement that firefighters be clean-shaven, summary judgment for Plaintiffs is...

Al Odah v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus
In an appeal from a discovery order compelling disclosure of classified information relating to Guantanamo Bay detainees, the order is remanded, where...