all - Opinion Summaries

Keri v. Bd. of Trs. of Purdue Univ.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a suit alleging race and national-origin discrimination on the part of a university is affirmed where plaintiff did...

MacWade v. Kelly

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Judgment holding that New York City-s program of random, suspicionless subway baggage searches comports with the Fourth Amendment to the United States...

Smith v. Dep't of the Army

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a disability discrimination case, a decision by the Merit System Protection Board upholding a finding that the Department of the Army had complied...

MacDonald v. Grace Church Seattle

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Dismissal of Title VII claims against defendant nonprofit religious organizations for sexual harassment and retaliation is affirmed where dismissal...

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...

Yindee v. CCH Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for employer in a suit under the ADA alleging failure to accommodate and retaliation is affirmed where plaintiff's request for...

Child Evangelism Fellowship of Md., Inc. v. Montgomery County Pub. Sch.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
Denial of injunctive relief for access to the forum established for take-home flyers in defendant's public elementary schools is reversed to the...

Massey v. Johnson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 retaliation case is affirmed where plaintiffs presented no direct evidence linking their...

Acevedo v. Canterbury

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Judgment as a matter of law for defendant-police officer in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit alleging excessive force and false arrest is reversed where: 1) a...

Taliaferro v. Darby Township Zoning Bd.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Elections, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiffs' claims involving a Redevelopment Agreement and a grant of a variance for construction of a storage facility in a residential...