all - Opinion Summaries

Bair v. US

Agriculture, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving a takings claim arising from the Commodity Credit Corporation's enforcement of its super-priority lien interest in sugar produced...

Gary v. Braddock Cemetery

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions, Transportation
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by plaintiffs, owners of burial plots, against a cemetery and other defendants alleging their actions...

Phillips v. County of Allegheny

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action against various defendants for violations of 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law, arising from a former 911 dispatcher's improper use of...

Jordan v. Ector County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against a county and clerk alleging they fired plaintiff in retaliation for her exercise of her First...

Patel v. US Bureau of Prisons

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit against the United States Bureau of Prisons and certain prison officials at a federal correctional facility alleging they violated his right...

Goldstein v. Pataki

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sports Law
In case involving eminent domain and a proposed stadium for the New Jersey Nets, dismissal of complaint alleging that eminent domain action violates...

Gabriel v. Hamlin

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions
In a prisoner's-rights suit filed after being plaintiff was seriously injured while working in a prison kitchen, denial of a continuance and dismissal...

McGhee v. Pottawattamie County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In civil rights suits brought against a county and former prosecutors and officers involved in an initial investigation and prosecution of plaintiffs...

Moore v. Indehar

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging a violation of plaintiff's Fourth Amendment right to be free from the use of excessive force, summary...

Gallo Cattle Co.v. Kawamura

Agriculture, Constitutional Law
In case involving milk production assessments used in part to fund the "Real California Cheese" advertising campaign, judgment denying relief is...