all - Opinion Summaries

O.W.L. Found. v. City of Rohnert Park

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
Grant of writ of mandate requiring defendant city to set aside its resolution adopting a water supply assessment (WSA) is reversed where: 1) a WSA...

Sow v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is denied where: 1)...

Ahmed v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's motion to reopen on the basis that she lacked the effective assistance of counsel is granted,...

Hakopian v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is denied where: 1) the IJ...

Khunaverdiants v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the denial of an asylum application as time-barred is granted, and denial reversed, where: 1) appellate jurisdiction existed to...

Romoland Sch. Dist. v. Inland Empire Energy Ctr., LLC

Administrative Law, Education Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In a suit against an electric utility and an air-quality-management district under the Clean Air Act, seeking to halt the construction of a power...

Ventimiglia v. Bd. of Behavioral Sci.

Administrative Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
Denial of petition to review revocation of petitioner's license as a marriage and family therapist because petitioner engaged in sexual contact with a...

Rhode Island Hosp. v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law
Grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff-hospital regarding calculation of full time equivalent (FTE) residents for purposes of determining the...

Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Cherokee Mining, LLC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
In a suit by plaintiff-environmental non-profit organization against defendant owner and operator of two coal mines, denial of defendant's motion to...

Finnerty v. Bd. or Registered Nursing

Administrative Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of petition for writ of mandate to review disciplinary board's decision finding that nurse-petitioner's conduct constituted both incompetence...