all - Opinion Summaries

Buxton v. Kurtinitis

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Affirming the dismissal of Free Speech claim and summary judgment for the defense of an Establishment Clause claim against the Radiation Therapy...

Taha v. County of Bucks

Class Actions, Government Law, Civil Rights
Affirming the grant of class action certification in a case involving the disclosure of inmates' personal information in which the District Court's...

Brown v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirming the grant of summary judgment on the ground of qualified immunity to defendant police officers in an excessive force claim.

Ansley v. Warren

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Affirming the district court's dismissal of a taxpayer claim against a North Carolina bill allowing state magistrates to recuse themselves from...

Hardie v. NCAA

Sports Law, Education Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
In an action by an African American seeking to establish disparate-impact discrimination in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s...

Pavan v. Smith

Civil Rights, Family Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a case relating to same-sex marriage, Arkansas state officials refused to issue birth certificates listing the spouse when a mother in a same-sex...

Bayer v. Nieman Marcus Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Remedies, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging interference with the plaintiff's exercise of their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the district court's...

Cruz v. Mattis

Civil Rights, Civil Procedure
In a sex discrimination suit by an unsuccessful applicant for two teaching positions at an elementary school run by the Department of Defense (DOD),...

Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer

Government Benefits, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a case where a preschool and daycare center operated by a church sought a state grant for playground renovations and were denied because of a state...

Hernandez v. Mesa

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a case arising from an incident in which a US Border Patrol officer standing in the United States shot and killed a Mexican national standing in...