all - Opinion Summaries

Big Creek Lumber Co. v. County of Santa Cruz

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
County zoning ordinances relating to the permissible locations for timber operations are not preempted by state forestry statutes.

Mendoza v. Rast Produce Co., Inc.

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
A commission merchant can be liable for the conversion of proceeds from the sale of farm products that he sells as a subagent for a grower.

Buchanan v. Buchanan

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Plaintiff's claims involving allegations that his ex-wife failed to make payments on a home mortgage for a farm they own together and that she...

Kern County Farm Bureau v. Allen

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law
Denial of a claim against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for listing a type of shrew as an endangered species alleging violation of the...

U.S. v. Sayer

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Judgment of the district court in a tax case involving a farm is vacated insofar as it includes foreclosure of the property and remanded for dismissal...

Forest Guardians v. Johanns

Water Law, Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a dispute involving the environmental impact of cattle grazing on certain national forest land, a judgment for the U.S. Forest Service is reversed...

Delta & Pine Land Co. v. Monsanto Co.

Agriculture, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade, Patent
In a dispute involving an exclusive license agreement for the use of patented technology for production of genetically-modified cotton plants, summary...

Wilhelm v. Flores

Agriculture, Injury & Tort Law
A seller of hived bees does not owe a commercial buyer's employees or agents any duty to warn them of the dangers associated with bee stings or to...

City of Marshall v. City of Uncertain

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
While section 11.122(b) of the Texas Water Code significantly restricts the issues that may be reviewed in a contested-case proceeding, it does not...

Cactus Corner, LLC v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law, Government Law, International Trade
Summary judgment for the USDA sustaining, over domestic fruit growers' challenge involving medfly concerns, a rule conditionally allowing the...