all - Opinion Summaries

PEOPLE v. MACIEL

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's appeal contending his conviction for criminal threats must be reversed as CA Penal Code section 422 is unconstitutionally vague is...

RABKIN v. OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant's denied motion to reduce a jury verdict under the Oregon Tort Claims Act is reversed, as an award under Oregon's Whistleblower Law is...

IN RE ZELINSKY

Constitutional Law, Tax Law
The Appellate Division is affirmed where the New York tax is fairly apportioned, the resultant double taxation does not serve to invalidate the tax,...

BOWMAN v. CORR. CORP. OF AM.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Lower court's holding that defendant's conduct was actionable and unconstitutional is reversed as plaintiff had no standing upon which to bring such a...

CERUTTI v. BASF CORP.

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In an action alleging age, race, and national origin violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Title VII, summary judgment to...

ROOD v. PEREIRA

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment reversed and remanded to trial court with instructions to grant the petition to exclude the petitioners' properties from the parcel map....

GENESIS ENVTL. SERVS. v. SAN JOAQUIN VLY. UNIFIED AIRPOLLUTION CONTROL DIST.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
Plaintiffs did state a cause of action under section 1983, thus general demurrer should not have been sustained and judgment should not have been...

MARD v. TOWN OF AMHERST, MASS.

Constitutional Law
Notice provided to appellant by the Town was not constitutionally deficient as Plaintiff's benefits were not terminated without prior notice or...

TWIN LAKES CORP. v. TOWN OF MONROE

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiff has failed to establish any constitutional infirmities, and further failed to demonstrate that the town's $1,500 per-lot fee constitutes a...

ODOM v. S. CAROLINA DEP'T OF CORR.

Constitutional Law
The District Court's summary judgment ruling on behalf of the defendants is vacated and remanded where there was sufficient evidence, on behalf of the...