all - Opinion Summaries

Blanchard v. Morton Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
42 U.S.C. section 1983 does not create a cause of action for money damages under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for the lost...

Action Apt. Ass'n, Inc. v. Santa Monica Rent Control Bd.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action claiming that Santa Monica's rent control ordinance is unconstitutional under the "public use" component of the Fifth Amendment's Takings...

Tekle v. US

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants on a complaint seeking declaratory relief and damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and for alleged civil...

Ams. United for Separation of Church & State v. Prison Fellowship Ministries, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts
In an Establishment Clause challenge brought against nonprofit operators of a residential inmate program and employees of Iowa's Department of...

Arnett v. Combs

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action challenging the Texas Unclaimed Property Law (UPL) alleging that the Comptroller's practice of retaining revenue generated from unclaimed...

Wysinger v. Auto Club of S. Cal.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a discrimination action against employer, verdicts holding employer liable for its failure to engage in an "interactive process" to determine...

Sekiya v. Gates

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff's supervisor discriminated against her on the basis of her disability, in violation of the Rehabilitation Act,...

Bias v. Moynihan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights suit alleging that defendants detained plaintiff for psychiatric evaluation without probable cause in violation of her federal and...

Chambers v. City of Fordyce

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an appeal brought by parents of a denial of a Rule 60(b) motion relating to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims they brought against the defendants based...

Midland Pacific Bldg. Corp. v. King

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In breach of contract and fraud action brought by plaintiff developer to vindicate a legally cognizable right, not to obtain an economic advantage...