all - Opinion Summaries

COOK v. CITY OF BUENA PARK

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Landlord Tenant Law
Defendant-City's ordinance, which requires landlords to undertake eviction proceedings when the chief of police suspects illegal drug-related activity...

OVERLAND v. LA SUPER. CT.

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
The court defendants' refusal to pay plaintiff pre-exoneration interest on cash bail deposits does not constitute a "taking" since there is no...

NIEVES-LUCIANO v. HERNANDEZ-TORRES

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment against plaintiff's claim, alleging he was wrongfully terminated on account of his political affiliation, is affirmed where plaintiff...

WOLOSZYN v. LAWRENCE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit involving the jailhouse suicide of a pre-trial detainee, summary judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where there was...

TAUCHER v. BROWN-HRUSKA

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
In a suit where a portion of the Commodity Exchange Act was declared unconstitutional, the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing parties is...

PETA v. GITTENS

Constitutional Law, Government Law
Plaintiff's suit, alleging defendant violated the First Amendment when it rejected, for display in an outdoor exhibit, a design showing a circus...

THE STEARNS CO. v. US

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Court of Federal Claims erred in concluding that the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act produced a physical taking of plaintiff's mineral...

BURRELL v. VIRGINIA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's complaint, alleging that a summons to appear in court for refusing to provide evidence of automobile insurance at the scene of an accident...

MERCADO-ALICEA v. P.R. TOURISM CO.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiffs' suit, alleging that they were terminated and constructively discharged because of their political affiliation, is dismissed where the...

GAMMOH v. LA HAMBRA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Government Law
The district court properly dismissed plaintiff's constitutional challenges to a city ordinance requiring "adult cabaret dancers" to remain two feet...