Schmidt v. Lessard

Holding that the Constitution compelled the state to establish the unsuitability of numerous alternatives to involuntary full-time hospitalization before commitment could be ordered, including "voluntary or court-ordered out-patient treatment, day treatment in a hospital, night treatment in a hospital, placement in the custody of a friend or relative, placement in a nursing home, referral to a community mental health clinic, and home health aide services"

Fortyune v. American Multi-Cinema, Inc.

Holding defendant movie theater must ensure that wheelchair accessible seats and companion seats, which are required under § 221 of the 2010 Standards, are actually available for wheelchair customers and their companions

Armstrong v. Schwarzenegger

Holding that Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act required state defendants to ensure compliance by private operators

Columbia Pictures Indus., Inc. v. Fung

Holding that "aspects of the inducing behavior that give rise to liability are relevant to the operation of some of the DMCA safe harbors and can, in some circumstances, preclude their application"

U.S. v. Thrasher

Holding that, pursuant to the rule of mandate, a limited remand for a single purpose precluded consideration of other issues

Los Angeles Haven Hospice, Inc. v. Sebelius

Holding that a hospice had standing to challenge a regulation that allegedly increased its costs in some ways even though the regulation may have saved it money in other ways or in other fiscal years

Armstrong v. Schwarzenegger

Rule 65 - Injunctions and Restraining Orders

Recognizing court's ability to enter emergency order with less than full adversary hearing and even, in appropriate circumstances, without notice