all - Opinion Summaries

US v. Jefferson

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Evidence, Government Law, White Collar Crime
Indictment of defendant-state congressman for conspiracy and substantive offenses related to participation in multiple schemes is affirmed over claims...

Giragosian v. Ryan

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In a claim by plaintiff gun shop owner against chief of police and town for revocation and forfeiture of plaintiff's licenses to carry and sell...

Choose Life Illinois, Inc. v. White

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Health Law, Transportation
In a suit by an interest group seeking on First Amendment grounds to force the state of Illinois to issue "Choose Life" specialty license plates,...

Parker v. Gerrish

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies
In a claim that defendant-police officer violated plaintiff's constitutional rights by using his Taser during the course of arrest, verdict in favor...

E.S.S. Entm't 2000, Inc. v. Rock Star Videos, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
In an action brought by the operator of a strip club in Los Angeles against the producer of a video game in the "Grand Theft Auto" series claiming,...

Humphries v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Family Law, Government Law
California's maintenance of the California's Child Abuse Central Index (CACI), which is a database of known or suspected child abusers, violates the...

Duffield v. Jackson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against several members of the medical staff at a correctional center claiming that they violated his Eighth...

Rothe Dev. Corp. v. Dep't of Defense

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In an equal-protection challenge to the requirements of 10 U.S.C. section 2323 setting a "goal" that a certain percentage of defense contracting...

Emergency Coalition to Defend Educ. Travel v. U.S. Dep't of the Treasury

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, International Law
In a suit challenging the Office of Foreign Asset Control's amendments to regulations governing educational travel to Cuba, dismissal of all claims is...

Basardh v. Gates

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, International Law, Military Law
In a Guantanamo Bay detainee's challenge to his detention, the government's motion to hold in abeyance detainee's petition for direct judicial review...