all - Opinion Summaries

Davet v. City of Cleveland

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit alleging that a partial demolition of plaintiff's building violated the Takings, Due Process and Equal...

Brittain v. Hansen

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law
Non-custodial parents with court-ordered visitation rights have a liberty interest in the companionship, care, custody, and management of their...

Graves v. Thomas

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 arising out of plaintiffs' son's death while he was pursued in a high-speed chase by police, summary judgment for all...

Woodford v. Ngo

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) exhaustion requirement requires proper exhaustion of administrative remedies.

Burlington N. & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
The anti-retaliation provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not confine the actions and harms it forbids to those that are related to...

Francis v. Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant, in case alleging discrimination, wrongful termination, and retaliation in violation of the Uniformed Services...

Lankford v. Nat'l Council on Indep. Living

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
Denial of a preliminary injunction to prohibit enforcement of state regulations curtailing the provision of durable medical equipment to most...

Zhang vs Gonzales

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Immigration Law
Denial of asylum and application for relief from removal based in part on feared future persecution, without any explanation distinguishing...

Ernst J. v. Stone

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
Denial of habeas petition, in case involving recommitment proceedings for a defendant pleading not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect...

Reese v. Livingston

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
An inmate's request for a stay of his execution brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 challenging the method of execution by injection as administered...