all - Opinion Summaries

Ridgely v. Fed. Emergency Mgmt. Agency

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action against FEMA brought by individuals who received rental assistance payments from the federal government after Hurricanes Katrina and...

Richman v. Sheahan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging violation of the plaintiff and her deceased son's rights under the Fourth and Eighth Amendments,...

Sch. Dist. of the City of Pontiac v. Sec'y of the US Dep't of Educ.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In school districts' suit against the Secretary of Education seeking, inter alia, a judgment declaring that they need not comply with the No Child...

Rost v. Steamboat Springs Re-2 Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Government Law
In an action against defendant-school district under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for allegedly violating...

Abner v. Kansas City S. R.R. Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
A punitive damages award under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. section 1981 need not be accompanied by compensatory damages.

Estate of Larsen v. Murr

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In decedent's estate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit arising when a Denver police officer shot and killed decedent outside his home while responding to...

In re Rogelio S.

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law, Sentencing
An adjudication of delinquency and sentence based upon a finding that 12-year-old respondent had committed the offense of aggravated criminal sexual...

Parm v. Shumate

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that plaintiffs were falsely arrested for trespass when they refused to cease fishing on waters covering...

Teigen v. Renfrow

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In state Department of Corrections officers' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging defendants acted in violation of the Due Process and Equal...

Rubalcava v. Martinez

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of mandamus and injunctive relief against Airport Hospitality Enhancement Zone Ordinance, which was enacted after a prior ordinance with similar...