all - Opinion Summaries

BOEHME v. US POSTAL SERV.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiffs' unlawful detention action under Colo. Rev. Stat. section 13-40-104(1)(d) must be treated as a state-law tort claim, in which case, the...

STATE PERSONNEL BD. v. DEP'T OF PERSONNEL ADMIN.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff has standing to challenge an MOU which precludes it from carrying out its constitutionally mandated duty to review disciplinary actions. The...

TERRY v. PRINCIPI

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
38 C.F.R. section 3.303(c), which provides that "refractive error of the eye" is not a disease or injury within the meaning of veterans' benefits...

US v. TABER EXTRUSIONS, L.P.

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
Summary judgment for government in a False Claims Act suit is reversed, as defendant created genuine issues as to whether invoices it submitted were...

HONEYWELL INT'L, INC. v. INT'L TRADE COMM'N

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Patent
Claims of a patent disclosing a process for production of a polyester product were insolubly ambiguous, thus the U.S. International Trade Commission...

KHEM v. ASHCROFT

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Denial of an application for asylum and withholding of removal is affirmed, as record does not compel a rejection of the Immigration Judge's...

KUZMA v. PRINCIPI

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims correctly held that section 3(a) of the Veterans Claims Assistance Act (VCAA) is not retroactively available...

YOUNG v. COLOMA-AGARAN

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Transportation
A Hawaii regulation prohibiting the operation of tour boats on a bay, in conjunction with relevant federal shipping laws, violates the Supremacy...

PEABODY COAL CO. v. ODOM

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
An administrative law judge's decision to award black lung benefits was supported by substantial medical evidence, and was consistent with applicable...

KEO v. ASHCROFT

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
An Immigration Judge's refusal to grant withholding of removal is affirmed where petitioner's fear of future persecution in Cambodia is not based on...