all - Opinion Summaries

Puerto Rico Tel. Co. v. Mun. of Guayanilla

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff in declaratory judgment action over the preemption of a local statute by the Telecommunications Act (TCA) is affirmed...

Davis v. Williams

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant-sheriff in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 and personal injury case is reversed where yelling unaccompanied by physical actions does...

Coastal Inv. Props., Ltd. v. Weber Holdings, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment and an attorney's fee award for defendant on its counterclaim for fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of warranty, and...

City of Miami v. Wynwood Cmty. Econ. Dev. Group, Inc.

Government Law, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
Order granting defendant's motion to enforce a settlement agreement and denying city's motion to foreclose on the property at issue are affirmed where...

Schneider v. Chertoff

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Immigration Law
These portions of implementing regulations of the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act are in conflict with, and are ultra vires to, the Act...

Mikeska v. City of Galveston

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Summary judgment for defendant-city on property owners' suit arising from the city's refusal to grant permits for reconnection of plaintiffs' homes to...

Trs. of the Twin City Bricklayers Fringe Benefit Funds v. Superior Waterproofing, Inc.

Administrative Law, Contracts, ERISA, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving alleged violation of a statewide collective bargaining agreement, dismissal of defendant-third party plaintiff's complaint...

Niemec v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Transportation
A judgment and award of damages for plaintiff, a yard engineer employed by defendant-railroad company, in a negligence and loss of consortium suit...

Apotex, Inc. v. Food & Drug Admin.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Intellectual Property
In a dispute between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and several generic drug manufacturers, a district court's refusal to grant a preliminary...

Independence Park Apartments v. US

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
An award for plaintiffs, owners of rental property, in a takings case is reversed where the trial court erred in declining to consider the effects of...