all - Opinion Summaries

Marilley v. Bonham

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
In an action brought by a class of non-resident commercial fishers who contended that California's discriminatory fishing fees violated the Privileges...

Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement suit involving five patents directed to smartphone and tabled interfaces, the district court's order, denying plaintiff's...

Astorney Technologies Inc. v. BAE Systems, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a consolidated infringement actions alleging that plaintiff is the sole exclusive licensee and owner of all rights to an invention entitled...

R+L Carriers, Inc. v. Qualcomm, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent, which underwent ex parte reexamination and to which plaintiff added language to all of the claims at...

Lee v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

Civil Rights, Transportation
In an appeal arising from two lawsuits brought against plaintiff's employer, claiming he was suspended on the basis of his race in violation of 42...

S.M. v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a minor's appeal from a judgment in favor of the school district on a cause of action for negligent supervision of a teacher employed by the...

Defend Our Waterfront v. California State Lands Commission

Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute arising out of the controversial "8 Washington Street Project," a plan to develop waterfront land near the San Francisco Ferry Building,...

In re September 11 Litigation

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Transportation
In a case concerning the tremendous property damage cause by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, brought by the lessees of 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7...

Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv.

Environmental Law
In an action challenging the Fish and Wildlife Service's Biological Opinion which determined that the execution of a Memorandum of Agreement,...

Idaho Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO v. Inland Pacific Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.

In a challenge to Idaho's "Fairness in Contracting Act" which bans "job targeting" or "market recovery" programs, the district court's summary...