all - Opinion Summaries

Town of Mount Pleasant v. Legion of Christ, Inc.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Defendant's use of property for training of future priests and religious education, with many of the people now being taught in long-term programs...

Kushner v. City of Albany

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Granting of directed verdict as whether plaintiff's alleged injuries resulted from an affirmative act of negligence that would preclude defendant city...

Whitman v. Dep't of Transp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A judgment holding that there was no jurisdiction to consider claims brought by an employee alleging that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...

Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Government Law, Tax Law
A judgment reversing dismissal of respondent's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) claims against a competing company is...

Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. United States Fish & Wildlife Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendants, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a company involved in mining, is affirmed over an environmental organization's...

City & County of San Francisco v. Cobra Solutions, Inc.

Elections, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Contracts, Government Law
Disqualification of a city attorney and his office from representing a municipality against a company in a case alleging fraud, statutory violations,...

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Food & Drug Admin.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law
Summary judgment for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an action seeking enforcement of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all...

Cameron Appraisal Dist. v. Rourk

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
A court of appeals' judgment reversing rulings against owners of travel trailers on claims challenging assessed ad valorem taxes against the owners...

Surrick v. Killion

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Remedies, Sanctions
A state may not prohibit an attorney admitted to the bar of a federal district court, but suspended from the state bar, from maintaining a legal...

Missouri Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Family Law, Government Law, Juvenile Law
Summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in an action brought by a state social services agency for...