all - Opinion Summaries

TRI-STATE HOSP. SUPPLY CORP. v. US

Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Attorneys' fees "qua" damages are recoverable against the U.S. for abuse of process and malicious prosecution if "the law of the place" where the tort...

VAUGHAN v. COX

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for reconsideration in light of the Court's intervening decision in Hope v. Pelzer, 536 U.S. 730, 122 S. Ct. 2508 (2002), the prior two...

JACKSON v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Government Code section 3304(d) in the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act establishes the statute of limitations in a charter city's...

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...

CALIFORNIA DEP'T OF WATER RES. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
The FERC did not consider all relevant factors in responding to a state water agency's position that an energy grid operator should not control the...

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...

IN RE: SAC & FOX TRIBE OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN IOWA

Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Preliminary injunction enforcing a temporary closure order from the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission is affirmed, as is dismissal of...

SANTANA v. CALDERON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of qualified immunity is reversed in a public servant's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim for due process in employment, where the property right at...

KNOX v. SMITH

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
A parole officer was entitled to qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, as the officer sought an arrest warrant based on reasonable...

BUTLER v. RIO RANCHO PUB. SCH. BD. OF EDUC.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
A board of education and school officials were entitled to qualified immunity in a former student's substantive due process claims, as suspension for...