all - Opinion Summaries

Dent v. Cox Communications Las Vegas, Inc.

Contracts, Government Law, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit claiming unpaid overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act and state law, dismissal of the FLSA claims is affirmed in part where a...

Bowler v. The City of Chicago

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action arising from injuries sustained when plaintiff's son fell from the roof of their apartment which asserts the City breached a duty of care...

Lexin v. Superior Court of San Diego County

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case involving an indictment of certain former members of a city's retirement board arising from their alleged agreement to underfund its pension...

Texas A&M Univ. Sys. v. Koseoglu

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A plaintiff who, on appeal, loses a plea to the jurisdiction based on sovereign immunity generally is entitled to a remand for an opportunity to cure...

Inouye v. Kemna

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging violations of plaintiff's First Amendment rights by his parole officer by requiring him to attend...

Stoner v. Santa Clara County Office of Educ.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
School districts in California, including county offices of education, are arms of the state, and therefore not "persons" subject to qui tam liability...

Cates v. California Gambling Control Comm'n

Civil Procedure, Gaming Law, Government Law
In a taxpayer action seeking to compel state official-defendants to discharge their statutory duty to collect money derived from gambling belonging to...

Rivera-Torres v. Rey-Hernandez

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a political discrimination case, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the district court properly refused to grant further...

US v. Covington County Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
In proceedings wherein a group of African-American students and parents from a Mississippi county sought to intervene in litigation concerning the...

Buono v. Kempthorne

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In proceedings arising from Congress' efforts to transfer via-exchange with a private organization a piece of land in an area of the Mojave National...