all - Opinion Summaries

Lane v. Dep't of the Interior

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former park ranger's action for violations of the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act, summary judgment for the Department of the Interior...

Williams v. City of Carl Junction

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
An award of attorneys' fees to defendants in a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1988 is reversed where plaintiff's case presented colorable...

Dill v. Gen. Amer. Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 6(b)(2) and 50(b) are non-jurisdictional claims processing rules that provide an affirmative defense to untimely...

Wabtec Corp. v. Faiveley Transp. Malmo AB

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Remedies
In a licensing agreement dispute involving arbitration issues, appeal from a denial of defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's application for...

Ali v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a BIA order dismissing petitioner's appeal of a final order of removal on grounds that petitioner had waived the right of...

Worth Constr. Co., Inc. v. Admiral Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a coverage dispute brought by a general contractor arising from injuries sustained by a worker on a staircase installed by a subcontractor, a...

Arnold, Matheny & Eagan, P.A. v. First Am. Holdings, Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a case involving the interpretation of Florida's garnishment statute and the obligations it imposes on third parties, including attorneys, who are...

MAS Capital, Inc. v. Biodelivery Sciences Int'l, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
In a suit brought by plaintiff, which was incorporated in Nevada and had its principal place of business in Taiwan, against defendant-citizen of...

Michigan Div. - Monument Builders of N. Am. v. Michigan Cemetery Ass'n

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
In an antitrust action involving allegations of anticompetitive behavior in the market for burial monuments in the state of Michigan, dismissal of the...

Duke v. Leake

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
Dismissal of a challenge to the constitutionality of North Carolina's Judicial Campaign Reform Act, which creates a system of voluntary public...