all - Opinion Summaries

Savaglio v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In a statewide class action involving claims that Wal-Mart denied meal and rest breaks to thousands of employees, partial grant of Wal-Mart's belated...

KH Outdoor, L.L.C. v. Clay County, Fla.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Media Law
Dismissal after denial of a request for injunctive relief and damages brought by plaintiffs after defendant board denied several permit applications...

Baraka v. McGreevey

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
In an action alleging that defendants, state entities and officials, violated plaintiff's constitutional rights by eliminating his position as poet...

Taus v. Loftus

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a tort and invasion of privacy case brought by the unnamed subject in a scholarly article, which described her apparent recovery of a...

Trafford Distr. Ctr. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
A warehousing company's petition for review of a ruling finding it was bound by certain collective bargaining agreements is denied where the NLRB's...

Arnold v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an appeal arising from an action brought against a former employer-agency for violations of the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law and 42 U.S.C....

Nichols v. Moore

Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Summary judgment for film producer Michael Moore in a defamation suit brought by the brother of one of the Oklahoma City bombers is affirmed over...

Roger Miller Music, Inc. v. Sony/ATV Publ'g, LLC

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In a copyright-infringement-and-ownership action against Sony over a renowned country-music singer and songwriter's songs, the court affirms a...

Sound of Music Co. v. MN, Mining & Mfg. Co. (3M)

Contracts, Media Law
Summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in a suit over the termination of a contract for background music services where: 1) defendant did not...

IL One News, Inc. v. City of Marshall

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging violation of the First Amendment, judgment against plaintiff, an adult book store owner, is affirmed...