all - Opinion Summaries

US v. Davis

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The district court's denial of defendant's motion to reduce his sentence is affirmed, where an amended policy statement, USSG Manual section...

Foothill Communities Coalition v. County of Orange

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to defendant-county's Board of Supervisors' decision, which created a new zoning definition for senior residential housing, applied it...

Eid v. Thompson

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
The district court properly found for the government on petitioners' challenge to the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of the Petition for...

Quezada v. City of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-city and defendant-chief of police in an action in which plaintiff-police officers alleged mistreatment during a...

Snider International Corporation v. Town of Forest Heights

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Evidence
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-towns in a putative class action challenging the constitutionality of the issuance and form of automated...

Whitney v. Montegut

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Professional Malpractice
The trial court properly granted a petition brought by the Executive Director of the Medical Board of California to compel defendant-doctor to comply...

Matusick v. Erie County Water Authority

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff in an action alleging employment discrimination and harassment is: 1) affirmed in part, where plaintiff presented sufficient...

Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City and County of San Francisco

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Health Law
The trial court's denial of plaintiff's challenge to defendant-city's ordinance, which expanded existing restrictions on the use of "checkout bags" by...

Fox v. Elk Run Coal Company, Inc.

Administrative Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action involving a claim for Black Lung Benefits, the Benefits Review Board's holding that defendant's conduct of failing to disclose all the...

In re: Sergio C. Garcia on Admission

Administrative Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Immigration Law
The Committee of Bar Examiners' motion to admit the applicant, an undocumented immigrant, to the California State Bar, is granted, where: 1) the...