all - Opinion Summaries

Am. Bird Conservatory v. Fed. Communications Comm'n.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Media Law
In a suit brought under the citizen suit provisions of the Endangered Species Act, dismissal due to lack of district court subject matter jurisdiction...

Comm. on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives v. Miers

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit brought to compel testimony and the production of documents by White House officials in the Congressional investigation of the forced...

Manning v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging Bivens claims against FBI agents and a tort claim against the U.S. under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), vacatur of a judgment...

Burrus v. State Lottery Comm'n of Indiana

Civil Rights, Gaming Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit by former employees against a state lottery, denial of defendant's motion to dismiss on the basis of sovereign immunity is...

Caldwell v. Caldwell

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a Constitutional challenge to a website maintained by the University of California at Berkeley which portrayed evolutionary theory and religion as...

Kim v. Real Property

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an asset forfeiture case interpreting the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA), dismissal of a civil forfeiture complaint is reversed...

US v. Salina Reg'l Health Ctr., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
A qui tam plaintiff, proceeding under the False Claims Act (FCA), cannot maintain a cause of action against a Medicare provider based on an allegation...

Guyden v. Aetna, Inc.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law
In a claim brought against former employer for terminating plaintiff's employment in violation of the whistleblower protection provision of the...

Castaneda v. Henneford

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a claim of Constitutional violations committed by officers and employees of the Public Health Service on a prisoner whose repeatedly untreated...

McFarland v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case regarding an easement over Route 7 in Glacier National Park, grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) one cannot state...