all - Opinion Summaries

Lightbourne v. McCollum

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In death row inmates' all writs petition challenging Florida's lethal injection procedures, brought after complications occurred in the administration...

Outdoor Media Group, Inc. v. City of Beaumont

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendant-city's now-repealed and replaced billboard ordinance violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments,...

Get Outdoors II, LLC v. City of San Diego

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In the context of standing under Article III, the three elements of Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560-61 (1992) still apply for...

Crown Point Dev., Inc. v. City of Sun Valley

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A decision finding that plaintiff-developer could not state a claim for relief based on the allegedly arbitrary and irrational denial of a permit...

Bailey v. City of Port Huron

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action brought by plaintiff alleging that defendant-police department violated her constitutional right to privacy by disclosing her name,...

Bolante v. Keisler

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
A motion for release on bail by an asylum applicant is denied where: 1) a grant of a bail would conflict with the Attorney General's non-reviewable...

Hinrichs v. Bosma

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In a taxpayer challenge to the Indiana House of Representatives' practice of opening each session with a prayer, the district court's permanent...

Feirson v. DC

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In civil rights action brought after a police officer sustained serious neck and lower back injuries during a training program, summary judgment for...

Desert Outdoor Advert., Inc. v. City of Oakland

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action challenging certain Oakland sign ordinances on First Amendment grounds, a district court's ruling that one provision in an ordinance was...

Applewhite v. Briber

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In civil rights action alleging race discrimination and denial of a property right in the form of plaintiff's medical license, dismissal is affirmed...