all - Opinion Summaries

Wagner v. Hesston Corp.

Agriculture, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability suit arising from plaintiff's injuries from a hay baler manufactured by defendant, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed...

The Scotts Co. v. Hacienda Loma Linda

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Product Liability
Order denying defendant's motion to dismiss a suit by a Panamanian corporation based on forum non conveniens is reversed where: 1) Panama is an...

Mest v. Cabot Corp.

Agriculture, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment dismissing, as time-barred, plaintiffs-dairy farmers' claims involving allegations that plaintiffs' cows and farmland were poisoned...

US v. Rice

Agriculture, Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, Evidence
Convictions for making a material false statement concerning a matter within the government's jurisdiction and for converting property mortgaged or...

Coles v. Granville

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
Dismissal of 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law claims brought against public officials and railroad companies for actions taken relative to...

Central Delta Water Agency v. Bureau of Reclamation

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Summary judgment for defendant-agency in a suit claiming that the agency was violating the Central Valley Improvement Act in its operation of a...

US v. White Plume

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law
In a case involving marijuana or hemp cultivation by a member of an Indian tribe, summary judgment in favor of the government is affirmed over claims...

US v. Rose

Agriculture, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Criminal Law & Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence
A conviction for conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by price-fixing, rigging bids, and allocating customers for choline chloride, an...

Dep't of Agric. & Consumer Servs. v. Dellaselva

Agriculture, Class Actions, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An order certifying a class in an action seeking damages for trees destroyed pursuant to a citrus canker eradication program in a particular county is...

Holly Hill Farm Corp. v. US

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Government Benefits, Government Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for farm benefits is affirmed where the USDA's decision was not arbitrary or capricious nor the result of an abuse...