all - Opinion Summaries

CITIZENS FOR HATTON CANYON v. CALIFORNIA DEP'T OF TRANSP.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgement in favor of the defendant is affirmed, holding that Assembly Bill No. 434, is not inconsistent with the California Constitution...

US v. UBALDO-FIGUEROA

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
In an action challenging a deportation order, the court is reversed where defendant had two plausible challenges to his removal order: 1) that the...

FOSTER v. CARSON

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In consolidated cases challenging the constitutionality of an Oregon judicial-budget austerity plan, the "Budget Reduction Plan," brought by...

BRAUN v. BALDWIN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a suit for infringement of free speech, false arrest, and excessive use of force, grant of summary judgment to the defendants on all counts is...

TERRY v. RICHARDSON

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought against a Dept. of Children and Family Serv. investigator, the district court's denial of defendant's...

NEINAST v. BD. OF TR OF THE COLUMBUS METRO LIBRARY

Constitutional Law
In a section 1983 action brought by a barefoot patron against a public library claiming violations of his rights under the First, Ninth, and...

GLASSROTH v. MOORE

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Remedies
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1988(b), the grant of reasonable fees and costs to plaintiff is remanded where the defendant, a Chief Justice,...

RIDGE LINE, INC. v. US

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The US Court of Federal Claim's finding that the taking of real property under the Takings Clause of the Constitution was reversed where the trial...

PEREZ-GUZMAN v. GRACIA

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
An action challenging Puerto Rico's lawyer-notarization requirement, for organizations that seek to be recognized as political parties, is not barred...

PAJARITO PLATEAU HOMESTEADERS, INC. v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Public Utilities
In a case alleging a violation of the 5th Amendment, the district court's dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b) for lack of subject matter...