all - Opinion Summaries

Fernandez v. Mora-San Miguel Elec. Coop., Inc.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising from the disappearance of property from an employer and its subsequent termination of plaintiffs following their failed polygraph,...

New Edge Networks, Inc. v. Fed. Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Government Law
Petitions for review arising from the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) report and order changing its interpretation of a provision of the...

E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co. v. US

Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action brought by owners and operators of industrial facilities contaminated with hazardous waste seeking a ruling that the government must...

Rancho Murieta Airport v. County of Sacramento

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Order granting plaintiff's petition to compel county defendant to trim or remove trees from an airport clear zone that obstructed certain navigable...

Metro. Area Transit, Inc. v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
A decision of the Department of Veterans Affairs Board of Contract Appeals denying plaintiff's breach of contract claim involving a contract to...

Wynne v. United Techs. Corp.

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
A reconsideration decision of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals denying the Air Force's claim for a contract price reduction under the...

Clark v. Johanns

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for a former employer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), on plaintiff's claims of sex discrimination and retaliation is...

Toeller v. Wis. Dep't of Corrections

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of motion to dismiss based on Eleventh Amendment immunity in a case brought by a correctional officer alleging that he was fired for taking...

Richards v. Kiernan

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a retaliation suit alleging that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms retaliated against the plaintiff for his whistle-blowing...

LaSalle Talman Bank, F.S.B. v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Remedies, Tax Law
In a Winstar-related case, a decision of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims awarding a bank $146.7 million in "cost-of-replacement-capital" damages is...