all - Opinion Summaries

NIGHTLIFE PARTNERS, LTD. v. CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
A hearing on denial of an adult entertainment permit did not meet minimum due process standards where, in addition to taking an active part in the...

FRESENIUS MED. CARE CARDIOVASCULAR RES., INC. v. PUERTO RICO

Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law
A public corporation is not an arm of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and so is not entitled to assert immunity under the Eleventh Amendment.

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. US DEP'T OF TRANSP.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Transportation
The procedure used by the U.S. Department of Transportation, in disallowing an annual fee imposed by Tennessee on interstate hazardous waste...

JOHNSON v. CROOKS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
After a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 plaintiff crossed the center line, it was objectively reasonable for a deputy to stop the vehicle, thus there is no...

FRANCHISE TAX BD. OF CALIFORNIA v. HYATT

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law
The Full Faith and Credit Clause (U.S. Const. Art. IV, section 1) does not require Nevada to give full faith and credit to California's statutes...

QUIGLEY v. ROSENTHAL

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The fair report privilege was inapplicable in a defamation claim under Colorado law. Application of the federal wiretap act to the Anti-Defamation...

JINKS v. RICHLAND COUNTY

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
28 U.S.C. section 1367(d), requiring that a state statute of limitations be tolled for the period during which a cause of action had previously been...

MEANEY v. DEVER

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
City officials did not violate clearly established First Amendment law in suspending a police officer for his hornblowing near the conclusion of a...

TOWER v. LESLIE-BROWN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
State troopers enjoyed qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action where objectively reasonable officers would not have known they were...

UAW-LABOR EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING CORP. v. CHAO

Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
An executive order requiring government contractors to post notices at facilities, informing employees of certain rights under federal labor law, was...