all - Opinion Summaries

Global NAPs, Inc. v. Verizon New England, Inc.

Administrative Law, Communications Law
In an action involving a competitive local-exchange carrier's (CLEC's) challenge to acquire a portion of the incumbent's market share, the Vermont...

Toll Bros., Inc. v. Wicks

Administrative Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving a claim that the state Department of Transportation and its former secretary unlawfully interfered with plaintiff's land...

Sierra Club v. Delaware Dep't of Natural Res. and Envtl. Control

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Remedies
Defendant's motion for summary judgment in a case involving a challenge to a long-proposed maintenance dredging of a man-made waterway is granted...

Lake v. State of Florida

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Denial of unemployment benefits for a claimant is affirmed where an appeals referee correctly found that claimant had voluntarily left her employment...

Forest Prods. Northwest, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law, International Trade
A decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims holding that it did not have jurisdiction over plaintiff's claim for a refund of antidumping...

Nat'l Athletic Trainers' Ass'n, Inc. v. US Dep't of Health & Human Servs.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
Dismissal, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, of a suit challenging implementation of a new rule under Medicare regulations involving...

Dep't of Children & Family Servs. v. P.S.

Administrative Law, Family Law
A final judgment of adoption, which allowed minor children to be adopted by their paternal grandmother, is reversed where the trial court misconstrued...

Szopa v. White

Administrative Law, Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Tax Law
Summary judgment for the government in a tax appeal is granted where the court lacked jurisdiction since the case should have been filed in the U.S....

Cannon-Stokes v. Potter

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant U.S. Postal Service in a suit under the Rehabilitation Act is affirmed where plaintiff's denial of an identical...

Banks v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of asylum is granted where the reasons given by the IJ and BIA for their denial were deficient, and judges cannot...