all - Opinion Summaries

MURPHREE v. U.S. BANK OF UTAH

Injury & Tort Law
Because an individual reporting suspected criminal conduct to police authorities is entitled to qualified immunity for erroneous statements made to...

MITCHELL v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
The requirement that a prisoner show physical injury for any "federal civil action" does not apply to suits unrelated to prison conditions, filed in...

DOE v. CHAMBERLIN

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Because various photographs of young girls could not be said to fall within the Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act's definition of...

CAIRNS v. FRANKLIN MINT CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a claim based on the use of Princess Diana's name and likeness on commercial items, denial of a post-mortem right of publicity claim was proper,...

LEE v. ERNST & YOUNG, LLP

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Aftermarket purchasers of stock had standing to pursue a claim against an accountant/auditor, pursuant to Section 11 of the Securities Act, to the...

BERG v. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Court's reliance on an expert report to establish that plaintiffs could not show toxic exposure to a threshold level of radiation, did not warrant...

IN RE HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION LITIG.

Injury & Tort Law
In suits for damages from exposure to harmful levels of radioactive emissions, individual claims should not have been dismissed for failure to...

SATTEN v. WEBB

Bankruptcy Law, Injury & Tort Law
Policies requiring federal preemption of a challenge to an underlying authorized bankruptcy action do not apply to an action for malicious...

PARASKEVAIDES v. FOUR SEASONS WASHINGTON

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A hotel was not entitled to limited its liability under the Innkeeper Statute where it did not display a copy or summary of the statute in its public...

SOLANO v. PLAYGIRL, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
An actor, depicted shirtless on the cover of Playgirl magazine, established sufficient evidence that the magazine deliberately created the false...