all - Opinion Summaries

County of Santa Clara v. Atl. Richfield Co.

Class Actions, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment for defendants, lead manufacturers, in a class action brought by governmental entities alleging claims for damages caused by lead paint is...

City of White Settlement v. Super Wash, Inc.

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Court of appeals' reversal of summary judgment for a municipality in a car wash business's suit seeking to estop it from enforcing a zoning ordinance...

Marshall v. Hous. Auth. of the City of San Antonio

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
A tenant may appeal from an adverse judgment in a forcible detainer action without posting a supersedeas bond. Further, a forcible detainer action is...

Plemmons v. Roberts

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of defendants-jail officials' motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity is affirmed in an inmate's civil rights action where a...

Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa v. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Elections, Gaming Law, Government Law, Indian Law
Dismissal of an Indian tribe's case for lack of federal jurisdiction is affirmed in a case involving an intratribal election dispute where the...

Drake v. Koss

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants, a county and jail officials, on claims alleging violations of inmate-plaintiff's federal civil rights as well as...

Norfleet v. Gehrke

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
Denial of summary judgment in favor of two defendants in a prisoner suit alleging violation of the Eighth Amendment is reversed where there was no...

Silberstein v. City of Dayton

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order denying summary judgment to defendants, civil service board members for a municipality, on claims brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983...

Rice v. Reedy Creek Improvement Dist.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A final compensation order entered by a judge of compensation claims dismissing with prejudice claimant's petition for benefits is reversed in part as...

LaFromboise v. Leavitt

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Where an act or omission occurs within the territorial boundaries of both a state and a trial reservation, "the law of the place" for purposes of the...