all - Opinion Summaries

State of S. Dakota v. US Dep't of the Interior

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A decision by the Department of the Interior to take certain land into trust for the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is affirmed over state and county's...

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. US Postal Serv.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A broad cease and desist order issued by the NLRB against a U.S. Postal Service facility in Texas due to certain information request violations is...

Maloy v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of Leon County

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Administrative Law
In an action brought by a county commissioner to recover legal fees incurred in defending an ethics complaint, summary judgment for the county-s Board...

Leon County, Florida v. Dobson

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order finding a county liable for attorney's fees incurred by a county commissioner who successfully defended himself against criminal charges is...

Captial Research & Mgmt. Co. v. Brown

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Securities Law
Sustaining of demurrer to enforcement action brought by defendant based on implied preemption under the National Securities Markets Improvement Act of...

Mann v. State of Florida Dep't of Transp.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant-agency in a negligence action for damages sustained in a vehicular collision, based on a ruling that the claim was...

ITT Fed. Servs. Corp. v. Anduze-Montano

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law, Professional Malpractice
Dismissal of an insurance company's claim against an injured worker's attorneys for malpractice in pursuing a Federal Tort Claims Act suit on the...

Hanlin v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
A decision finding an attorney was not entitled to attorney fees from past-due benefits awarded to the adult helpless child of a deceased veteran is...

Fletcher v. Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co.

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In actions brought by landowners claiming that a railroad had abandoned a railroad right of way, failed to comply with statutory maintenance duties on...

Af-Cap Inc. v. Chevron Overseas (Congo) Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Government Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving a garnishment action against the Republic of Congo's property in execution of a judgment for a defaulted loan made to it by...