all - Opinion Summaries

Brown v. US

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Professional Malpractice
Dismissal of a Federal Tort Claims Act suit brought by the family of a former U.S. Army serviceman, who transmitted to them a disease he contracted...

Tanner v. County of Lenawee

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from injuries sustained by plaintiffs involving a domestic dispute is...

Adair v. Charter County of Wayne

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit brought by certain airport officers under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...

Davet v. City of Cleveland

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit alleging that a partial demolition of plaintiff's building violated the Takings, Due Process and Equal...

Schneider v. City of Jacksonville

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment against plaintiff, a decedent's personal representative, in his action seeking damages arising from the death which allegedly was...

Michaelis, Montanari & Johnson v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Construction, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a dispute involving California's Public Records Act, a court of appeals' reversal of a denial of mandamus petition seeking public disclosure of...

Nat'l Australia Bank v. US

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Tax Law
In a Winstar-related case, summary judgment of liability for breach of contract and an award of expectation damages to a bank is affirmed in part as...

Deegan Patterson v. U.S.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of claim against the FBI under the Federal Tort Claims Act as untimely is affirmed where: 1) the government need only prove constructive...

Francis v. Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant, in case alleging discrimination, wrongful termination, and retaliation in violation of the Uniformed Services...

Doe v. Saenz

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law
Judgment for plaintiffs based on holdings that: 1) Department of Social Services could not classify "occupied burglary" as a non-exemptible offense;...