all - Opinion Summaries

Mayer v. Monroe County Cmty. Sch. Corp.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging dismissal of a teacher because of her statement of opposition to the war in...

Kemp Bros. Constr., Inc. v. Titan Elec. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Remedies
In a breach of contract suit brought by a prime contractor on two public works projects against its former subcontractor, a judgment finding that...

Savient Pharms., Inc. v. Dep't of Health Servs.

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law
In a pharmaceutical company's challenge to the structure and actions of a Department of Health Services program administered by respondent involving...

California Commerce Casino, Inc. v. Scwarzenegger

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Gaming Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law
In an action involving challenges to a bill ratifying gaming compacts between the state and Indian tribes, an appeal from dismissal pursuant to a...

Jester v. Gov't of Dist. of Columbia

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law
Award of attorney's fees to prevailing plaintiff in a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is vacated and remanded where the...

Cormack v. Settle-Beshears

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that plaintiff's constitutional rights were violated when defendant-city annexed his land and applied a...

Hartman v. Workman

Civil Rights, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against a county alleging general violations of procedural due process and a conspiracy to deprive plaintiff of property without...

Sanders v. City of Minneapolis

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Sanctions
Dismissal of wife's civil lawsuit related to the shooting death of her husband by Minneapolis police officers, and a sanction entered against her...

Bacon v. City of Richmond, VA

Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
Summary judgment for plaintiffs in a suit against a school district seeking to compel the district to retrofit city schools to bring them into...

US v. Giffen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, International Law
Interlocutory appeal by the government challenging the denial of the government's motion to preclude the defendant from raising a public authority...