all - Opinion Summaries

Arcadia Dev. Co. v. City of Morgan Hill

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to a 10-year extension of ordinance drastically restricting development of certain property within city limits (the Density...

Braintree Elec. Light Dep't v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Public Utilities
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of rates charged by a Regional Transmission Organization that covered the cost of certain activities...

Doe, Inc. v. Mukasey

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In litigation concerning First Amendment challenges to the constitutionality of statutes governing the issuance and judicial review of National...

Warthman v. Genoa Township Bd. of Trustees

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action arguing that defendant-town Board of Trustees violated the Ohio Open Meetings Law when it terminated plaintiff's employment without...

Quik Payday, Inc. v. Stork

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law
In a case brought by a company that utilizes the Internet in making short-term loans, a district court's decision rejecting its constitutional dormant...

Sklar v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
A tax court decision affirming the IRS's disallowance of deductions plaintiffs claimed for tuition and fees paid to their children's Orthodox Jewish...

Seattle Affiliate of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality etc. v. City of Seattle

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Seattle's parade ordinance, which gives its police chief, when issuing a parade permit, the discretion to require marchers to use the sidewalks...

Norfolk S. Ry. Co. v. Alabama Dep't of Revenue

Constitutional Law, Oil and Gas Law, Tax Law, Transportation
Alabama's sales and use tax on diesel fuel, with its exemptions for motor and water carriers, does not discriminate against railroad companies in...

Broadley v. Hardman

Constitutional Law
Absent any allegation that state officials were used to enforce the process, Defendant was not transformed into a state actor for section 1983...

Dutil v. Murphy

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The text of the Massachusetts SDP statute, as interpreted by state courts, does not on its face violate the due process protections heretofore...