all - Opinion Summaries

Stout v. Comm'r, Soc. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of social security claims, where an administrative law judge's (ALJ) errs in failing to properly discuss competent lay testimony...

Chuck v. Hewlett Packard Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Elder Law, Labor & Employment Law
While a great deal of caution is necessary before finding a claim for benefits barred by ERISA's statute of limitations notwithstanding a plan's...

Williams v. Bitner

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Denial of qualified immunity to prison officials with respect to a Muslim inmate's First Amendment claim, arising from his firing as a prison cook...

Knapp v. Palisades Charter High Sch.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-charter high school is affirmed over claims of plaintiff-visiting student, that: 1) plaintiff substantially...

Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Verjil

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
Article XIII C of the California Constitution, which provides that "the initiative power shall not be prohibited or otherwise limited in matters of...

Prochaska v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits is reversed where the Administrative Law Judge failed to explore...

Batagiannis v. W. Lafayette Cmty. Sch. Corp.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant school board in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit by a former superintendent alleging violation of the due process clause...

Garcia-Quintero v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) order finding petitioner removable and ineligible for cancellation of removal is granted...

Deveraturda v. Globe Aviation Sec. Servs.

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act), which prohibits an employer from ordering a mass layoff without giving 60 days'...

W. Watersheds v. Matejko

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) failure to regulate certain vested rights-of-way held by private landowners to divert water for irrigation uses...