all - Opinion Summaries

VanHorn v. Oelschlager

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Gaming Law, Government Law, Health Law
District court's denial of summary judgment for defendants, an official and state racing commissioners, based on qualified or quasi-judicial immunity...

James v. Friend

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state wrongful death case arising out of a child's death while in a foster home, summary judgment for defendants is...

Cotarelo v. Village of Sleepy Hollow Police Dep't

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants and dismissal of First Amendment retaliation and political affiliation claims is affirmed where defendants...

Denny v. Elizabeth Arden Salons, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts
Summary judgment in favor of defendant salon is affirmed to the extent the district court properly dismissed plaintiffs' state law claim and its Title...

Hills v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a suit against a state and several of its mental-health professionals alleging various constitutional violations arising out of plaintiff's being...

Howard v. Bayes

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants on plaintiff's civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and a wrongful death claim under Kentucky state law is...

Smook v. Minnehaha County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Juvenile Law
In a class action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 challenging a county juvenile detention center's strip search policy, denials of summary judgment and...

Haynes v. Level 3 Communications, LLC

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for an employer on claims brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment...

Tomanovich v. City of Indianapolis

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a retaliation and blacklisting case is affirmed where the defendant failed to present sufficient evidence under...

Koutnik v. Brown

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Dismissal of overbreadth and due process challenges to a prison regulation is affirmed where any overbreadth was not substantial and the regulation...