all - Opinion Summaries

Douglas v. J.C. Penney Co., Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in a discrimination and retaliation suit is affirmed where plaintiff could not show that defendant's...

Felter v. Kempthorne

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law
After dismissal of complaint, based on six-year statute of limitations for non-tort actions against the U.S., alleging defendants improperly...

Arlio v. Lively

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff on claim of retaliatory suspension, in case alleging the acting chief of police, a Republican, suspended plaintiff on...

Zhong v. US Dep't of Justice

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Immigration Law
Denial of application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is vacated to the extent some of the IJ's...

Roney v. IL Dep't of Transp.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in a Title VII suit alleging retaliation, discrimination and a hostile work environment is affirmed where...

Alexander v. City of Milwaukee

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Judgment for plaintiffs in a suit by police officers under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. sections 1981 and 1983 alleging discriminatory promotion practices...

Johnson v. City of Seattle

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by plaintiffs injured during rioting in Seattle, summary judgment for defendants, the city and police...

Tuttle v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson County

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an age discrimination and retaliation suit stemming from defendant's termination of plaintiff's employment, judgment as a matter of law for...

Elec. Data Sys. Corp. v. Donelson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of a petition for an order vacating an arbitration award in favor of respondents-employees in an employment racial and disability...

Carver v. City of Cincinatti

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought against a city, police officers, and firefighters/EMTs, denial of qualified immunity for the officers...