all - Opinion Summaries

Ohio Valley Envtl. Coalition v. Bulen

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
Defendant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, complied with section 404(e) of the Clean Water Act in issuing a general permit for the discharge of dredged...

Lockheed v. Continental Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage case involving plaintiff's pollution-related liability, judgment of the trial court for defendants is affirmed with...

Shapiro v. Bd. of Dirs.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Trial court's judgment denying plaintiff injunctive relief is reversed where defendant's practice of meeting in closed session with legal counsel for...

Claudio v. Regents of the Univ. of California

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a wrongful termination suit, summary judgment for defendant on a Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) claim is reversed where a triable issue of...

Dicken v. McDonald

Constitutional Law, Government Law
Probate Code section 7642 is not unconstitutional as it violates neither the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment nor due process with regards to the...

Sierra Club v. Tenn. Valley Auth.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Law, Remedies
In an action under the Clean Air Act, grant of summary judgment for defendant is reversed as to certain alleged violations where a state agency's use...

Kirkham v. Air France

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
In a negligence suit against defendant-French-owned airline, arising from injuries sustained in a Paris airport, the district court's finding of...

Chaffee v. San Francisco Pub. Library Comm'n

Administrative Law, Government Law
In an action for injunctive and declaratory relief alleging violations of the Ralph M. Brown Act and the Sunshine Ordinance, summary judgment for...

Moulton v. US

Attorney's Fees, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Tax Law
Order denying plaintiff's motion for attorneys' fees and costs in a taxpayer suit is affirmed where there was no abuse of discretion in the district...

US v. Truckee-Carson Irrigation Dist.

Government Law, Indian Law, Water Law
In a case involving efforts by plaintiff, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, to apply some of its water rights to instream use rather than...