all - Opinion Summaries

O'Neill v. Town of Middletown

Commercial Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to a town's rezoning, summary judgment is granted invalidating the rezoning where: 1) town council members' articulated reasons for...

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...

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...

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...

Nuclear Info. & Res. Serv. v. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Transportation
A petition for review of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rulemaking, which revised regulations governing the exemption standards for the...

Nuclear Info. & Res. Serv. v. US Dep't of Transp. Research & Special Programs Admin.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Transportation
Dismissal, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, of an action challenging agency rulemaking under environmental protection laws is affirmed where...

Ellis v. Cleveland Mun. Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
Judgment as a matter of law in favor of a school district in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from a physical altercation between a child and her...