all - Opinion Summaries

Schoelch v. Mitchell

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action by an inmate claiming that defendant officers failed to protect him from another inmate, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed...

Cyrus v. Town of Mukwonago

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In plaintiffs' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a town, a lieutenant, and other defendants, claiming that their son's death was caused by the use...

Wong v. Jing

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a pediatric dentist's suit against defendants, husband and wife, and the Web site Yelp.com, based on allegedly false assertions contained in a...

Porro v. Barnes

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an excessive force civil rights action, partial judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the due process guarantee was the proper doctrinal...

Sampson v. Buescher

Government Law, Elections, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a First Amendment challenge to a Colorado law requiring that any group of two or more persons that had accepted or made contributions or...

Sykes v. Anderson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In plaintiffs' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 actions against several police officers, asserting claims of false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and...

McCarthy v. City of Cleveland

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against the City of Cleveland, claiming that the city's decision to enforce its traffic camera ordinance...

Severance v. Patterson

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
On certification from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for guidance in resolving plaintiff's Fourth Amendment unreasonable...

Crist v. Ervin

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law
Trial court's ruling that Florida Statutes directing portions of civil filing fees to the general revenue fund are unconstitutional is reversed where:...

Landrum v. Mitchell

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
District court's grant of defendant's petition for habeas relief on the basis of guilt-phase ineffective assistance of counsel is reversed where: 1)...