all - Opinion Summaries

Brown v. Cal. Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendants violated the terms of an oral plea agreement by advocating for plaintiff's...

Pearson v. Callahan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against state law enforcement officers who conducted a warrantless search of plaintiff's house incident to his...

Locke v. Karass

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case involving circumstances where a local union charges nonmembers a service fee that (among other things) reflects an affiliation fee that the...

People v. iMergent, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law
Grant of motion for preliminary injunction prohibiting defendants, self-described providers of "eCommerce" technology, as well as training to help...

Fieger v. Michigan Supreme Court

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
District court decision that the courtesy and civility provisions of the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct violate the First and Fourteenth...

Shaw v. County of Santa Cruz

Constitutional Law, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit alleging inverse condemnation, negligence, trespass, and nuisance against a county and its employees, judgment for county is affirmed where:...

Eder v. California Dep't of Fish & Game

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action challenging defendants' revocation of plaintiffs' Dungeness crab vessel permits, denial of writ and declaratory relief is affirmed over...

Cary v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the U.S. for the taking of their property without just compensation by inverse condemnation in the huge 2003 California "Cedar...

Humphries v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a suit to determine whether California's maintenance of the Child Abuse Central Index violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment...

Estate of Landers v. Leavitt

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In a putative class action brought by Medicare participants challenging denial of coverage for post-hospitalization care in skilled nursing...