all - Opinion Summaries

Barrett v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
Dismissal of a veteran's appeal from a denial of benefits for lack of jurisdiction, for failure to establish entitlement to equitable tolling of the...

Figueroa v. US

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Tax Law
Congress may constitutionally impose patent fees in an amount above what is used to fund the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). Further,...

Luessenhop v. Clinton County, New York

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Dismissal of case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and grant of summary judgment for defendants, is vacated to the extent that the Tax...

Sacks v. Office of Foreign Assets Control

Administrative Law, Debt Collection, Health Law, International Law, International Trade, Sanctions
In cross-appeals arising from a challenge to pre-2003 U.S. sanctions prohibiting both travel to and the unlicensed donation of humanitarian medical...

Bates v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In the context of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): 1) when plaintiffs challenge an employer's use of a safety-based qualification standard,...

U.S. v. T&W Edmier Corp.

Administrative Law, Construction, Government Contracts, Military Law
Judgment for the US in a dispute over the amount due to a contractor for work on a reservoir is affirmed where the Contract Disputes Act does not...

Petrov v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of withholding of removal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where: 1) the decision whether the petitioner's...

Islander E. Pipeline Co. v. State of Conn. Dep't of Envtl. Prot.

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Water Law
Defendant's order denying petitioner's Water Quality Certificate application, for discharge into the waters of Long Island Sound during construction...

Desiano v. Warner Lambert Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In case alleging injuries caused by Rezulin, a diabetes drug, grant of judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendants, in case involving federal...

C.C. v. Dep't of Children & Families

Administrative Law, Family Law
A father's motion for rehearing is denied and a motion for clarification granted and any reference in a prior opinion to a "positive" home study is...