all - Opinion Summaries

Menz v. New Holland N. Am., Inc.

Agriculture, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A sanction order dismissing a product liability suit involving injuries arising out of a tractor roll-over accident is reversed where the district...

Van Scoten v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Agriculture, Evidence, Tax Law
Tax court decision holding petitioners liable for an accuracy-related penalty as a result of their negligence in claiming losses from a cattle...

Love v. Johanns

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
Denial of a motion for class certification brought by female farmers alleging that agency-defendant discriminatorily administered its lending programs...

Natural Res. Def. Council v. Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
A petition for review challenging a rule implementing exemptions from a treaty's general ban on production and consumption of a pesticide with ozone...

Jicarilla Apache Nation v. Rio Arriba County

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Summary judgment for defendants on a claim that a county tax assessor violated the Equal Protection Clause by changing the tax classification on...

Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. v. Helliker

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Evidence, Remedies
Judgment for agency-defendant in mandate proceedings involving a challenge to certain grants of registrations for pesticides by the Department of...

Robbins v. US Bureau of Land Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
The Tucker and Little Tucker Acts "impliedly forbid" federal courts from ordering declaratory or injunctive relief, at least in the form of specific...

Clason v. Johanns

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Banking Law, Debt Collection, Transportation
An agency's decision that an individual owed the federal government certain funds plus interest for the unpaid balance of a marketing assistance loan...

Californians for Alternatives to Toxics v. California Dep't of Pesticide Regulation

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law
Denial of a petition for writ of mandate and a claim for declaratory relief is affirmed in a case alleging violations of the California Environmental...

Californians for Alternatives to Toxics v. Dep't of Food & Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law
Denial of plaintiffs' petition for writ of mandate is reversed in a case under the California Environmental Quality Act involving agency defendant's...