all - Opinion Summaries

Julian v. Mission Community Hosp.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Education Law, Constitutional Law
In an action arising out of a series of events that began at a Los Angeles middle school, where plaintiff taught mathematics, and ended at Mission...

McDonough v. City of Portland

Transportation, Constitutional Law
In a suit challenging the system by which the City of Portland distributes permits for taxis to pick up passengers at the Portland International...

Bank of America Corp. v. Miami

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Banking Law
In a City's suit against two national Banks, alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act (FHA), which prohibits racial discrimination in connection...

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne Int'l Drilling Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Constitutional Law, Oil and Gas Law, International Law
In a suit involving the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. section 1604, brought by an American parent company of a Venezuelan...

Lewis v. Clarke

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Constitutional Law, Indian Law
In a personal injury suit brought against an employee of a tribal casino, who was involved in an auto accident while acting in the scope of his...

CITA - The Wireless Ass'n v. City of Berkeley

Constitutional Law, Communications Law, Government Law
In an action seeking a preliminary injunction to stay enforcement of a City of Berkeley ordinance requiring cell phone retailers to inform prospective...

Wharton v. Danberg

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a putative class action brought by a group of inmates who were over-detained, alleging that the Delaware correctional system routinely fails to...

Nelson v. Colorado

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In actions brought by two inmates with invalidated convictions, challenging Colorado's Compensation for Certain Exonerated Persons statute...

Coventry Health Care of Mo., Inc. v. Nevils

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Government Contracts, Insurance Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Constitutional Law
In an insurance class action arising in the context of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 (FEHBA) authorization of the Office of...

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger

Constitutional Law, Attorney's Fees, Product Liability, Sanctions, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal of sanctions awarded by the district court when defendant's bad faith behavior was discovered after the settlement of an underlying...