all - Opinion Summaries

CARDENAS v. INS

Immigration Law, International Law, Government Law
In denying an application for asylum, the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in concluding that a Peruvian family's well-founded fear of future...

BARDEN v. CITY OF SACRAMENTO

Civil Rights, Government Law
Public sidewalks in the city of Sacramento are a service, program, or activity of the city within the meaning of Title II of the ADA and section 504...

GOSNEY v. THE RELIABLE LIFE INS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Government Law
In a tort complaint arising out of revocation of an insurance license, an insurer's communication to the Arkansas Insurance Commissioner was not part...

VASQUEZ v. N. COUNTY TRANSIT DIST.

Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
The "firefighter's rule", barring firefighters and police officers from suing those whose negligence caused a dangerous condition that resulted in...

COAL OPERATORS & ASSOC., INC. v. BABBITT

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Government Law
Plaintiffs failed to establish federal jurisdiction in a claim attempting to force the federal government to turn over $1.3 billion dollars allegedly...

IN RE: CITY OF MEMPHIS

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law
Interlocutory review, of an order holding that postenactment evidence cannot be presented by a city to demonstrate a compelling need for awarding...

DRAKE v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation, Government Law
A flight attendant's request, for documents from the FAA pertaining to its investigation of an airline's conducting a random drug test, was moot where...

CASA DE CAMBIO COMDIV S.A. DE C.V. v. US

Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Where appellant cashed a stolen U.S. Treasury check, and the U.S. recouped the amount and appellant's bank account was credited, appellant's complaint...

WHITE v. DAVIS

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action for injunctive relief pertaining to the state budget impasse, the State Controller may properly disburse funds pursuant to 1) continuing...

FISHER v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Immigration Law, Government Law
Petitioners failed to qualify as refugees from persecution where evidence suggested the possibility of discrimination based on ethnicity or religion,...