all - Opinion Summaries

Perez v. Uline, Inc.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Judgment against defendants for wrongful termination, breach of oral contract, failure to pay overtime wages, and defamation is reversed in part where...

Curran v. Cousins

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that defendants terminated plaintiff's employment as a correctional officer in retaliation for his speech, judgment for defendants...

White v. Gerardot

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging the use of excessive force by a police officer, an appeal of the denial of summary judgment on grounds of...

Jackson v. Frank

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging that a prison violated a prisoner's First Amendment rights by prohibiting him from receiving a...

Pittman v. State of Oregon

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of a civil rights suit, 42 U.S.C. section 1981 does not contain a cause of action against states.

Clearing House Ass'n, L.L.C. v. Cuomo

Banking Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In cases involving possible racial discrimination in the residential real estate lending practices of several national banks, judgments permanently...

Singh v. George Wash. Univ Sch. of Med. & Health Scis.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Health Law
In suit by a former medical student alleging violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act for failing to accommodate her alleged learning...

Dovenmuehler v. St. Cloud Hosp.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a hospital claiming a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state law, summary judgment for the hospital is...

Marvin v. City of Taylor

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that police officers used excessive force when arresting plaintiff, denial of summary judgment for...

Schmidlin v. City of Palo Alto

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In suit alleging police officers committed various constitutional and common-law torts when they detained and arrested plaintiff for public...