all - Opinion Summaries

In Re: County of Erie

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
Order compelling production of emails and other documents claimed to be protected under attorney-client privilege, in case involving class of arrested...

Rotimi v. Gonzalez

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Immigration Law
Denial of application for an Immigration and Naturalization Act section 212(h) waiver of removal, based on finding petitioner's period of residence as...

Steinert v. City of Covina

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of petition for writ of administrative mandamus, in case brought by former police officer whose employment was terminated for misconduct, is...

Fernander v. Bonis

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint against police officers and a city brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, and state and common law, is affirmed...

Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Granholm

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a challenge to a statewide ballot initiative which amended the Michigan Constitution to prohibit discrimination or preferential treatment based on...

Lovelace v. Lee

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Summary judgment for defendants -- in case alleging violations of the First Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Religious Land Use and...

Arrington v. US

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants, in case seeking relief under the Federal Tort Claims Act and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for alleged police brutality, is...

Campbell v. Davenport Police Dep't

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Dismissal of an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action is reversed where the district court erred in dismissing the instant lawsuit under 28 U.S.C....

Young v. Township of Green Oak

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for former employer, a Michigan township, on claims that plaintiff was wrongfully discharged from his position as a police officer is...

Diaz-Reyes v. Fuentes-Ortiz

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action brought by an employee against several agency employees and against the Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department...