all - Opinion Summaries

Jenkins v. City of Corona

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Evidence, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
A judgment in favor of plaintiff-citizen in a challenge to building inspection and safety fees established by defendant-city under a resolution is...

Lee County v. Brown

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Construction, Contracts, Education Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for plaintiffs holding that a county's school impact fee ordinance constituted a facially unconstitutional impairment on construction...

City of Marshall v. City of Uncertain

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
While section 11.122(b) of the Texas Water Code significantly restricts the issues that may be reviewed in a contested-case proceeding, it does not...

Roth v. King

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of a motion to dismiss plaintiffs-attorneys' Fifth Amendment claims and denial of immunity with respect to claims for injunctive relief are...

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. v. Bodman

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
Dismissal of claimants' complaint against the Department of Energy and one of its offices involving refunds under the 1986 Stripper Well settlement is...

Gonzales-Vera v. Kissinger

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' suit against the U.S. government and a former secretary of state seeking damages for actions allegedly taken in support of...

Am. Council on Educ. v. Fed. Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Government Law
Petition for review of an FCC ruling that providers of broadband Internet access and voice over Internet protocol, or "VoIP," services are regulable...

In re: Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Indian Law
In a matter arising from litigation involving the Department of Interior's alleged mishandling of certain Individual Indian Money trust accounts, a...

Clifford v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for Commissioner of the Social Security Administration in an employment discrimination case is affirmed where plaintiff failed to...

Quincy Commerce Center, LLC v. Maritime Admin.

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendant-agency in a case regarding the auction of a shipyard is affirmed where plaintiff forfeited its right to challenge the...