all - Opinion Summaries

Concerned McCloud Citizens v. McCloud Cmty. Servs. Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In case involving a contingent proposal for the sale and purchase of spring water, writ of madante vacating agreement is reversed as approval of the...

Sacramento Police Officers Ass'n. v. City of Sacramento

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Writ of mandate directing defendants to meet and confer, under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, about the implementation of a policy to hire retirees as...

Jeneski v. City of Worcester

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of suit by an employee of a city under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging deprivation of equal protection and due process is affirmed where: 1)...

Richardson v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
Dismissal of a Vietnam War veteran's petition for a writ of mandamus and denial of his former fiduciary's motion to be substituted as the petitioner...

Karst Envtl. Educ & Prot., Inc. v. EPA

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Transportation
In an action by appellant environmental organzitions against various agencies alleging they failed to conduct the environmental and historical...

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Granholm

Contracts, Gaming Law, Government Law, Indian Law
In a dispute involving gaming on tribal lands and required payments by casinos to the government, grant of a Motion to Enforce Stipulation and Consent...

Wilson v. MVM, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Rulings for defendants on claims brought by court security officers under the Rehabilitation Act (RA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and...

Bianchi v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
In a case arising from contracts to produce military clothing and defaulted loans to finance plaintiff's performance of the contracts, dismissal of...

Weiss v. Washington Mut. Bank

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law
A lawsuit challenging a federal savings and loan association's prepayment penalty formula is preempted by the federal Home Owners' Loan Act and the...

Estate of Walters v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law
A decision finding that the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) shielded the government from liability for...