all - Opinion Summaries

Norani v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Immigration Law
BIA's denial of petitioners' motion to reopen case to apply for asylum and other relief based on "changed circumstances" in Iran is reversed as the...

Wasti v. Superior Ct. (Ezratty)

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Sustaining of demurrer to FEHA complaint is vacated as trial court erred in holding that unrepresented employee must serve a copy of her FEHA...

Gaffney v. Riverboat Servs. of Indiana

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Gaming Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
District court's judgment in an employment retaliation suit is affirmed in part where: 1) plaintiffs were discharged in retaliation for correspondence...

Healy v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit alleging retaliation for an employee's allegations of corruption is affirmed where the...

Bell v. Konteh

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Dismissal of plaintiff's civil rights action against officials of a correctional institution is reversed in part with respect to the dismissal of a...

Morrison v. Board of Law Examiners

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
Summary judgment in favor of plaintiff, finding that the state prior practice requirement for obtaining comity admission to practice law in North...

ZiLOG, Inc. v. Corning

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Sanctions
A bankruptcy court's decisions are reversed as to: 1) grant of summary judgment to a bankruptcy debtor on female employees' sex discrimination claims;...

Conley v. Very

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A jury verdict for defendant on plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case alleging that defendant failed to protect him adequately while he was...

Carter v. Ashland, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
An appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where a challenged order, dismissing a Title VII employment discrimination case as a sanction for the...

Integrated Healthcare Holdings, Inc. v. Fitzgibbons

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, M&A
Denial of special motion to strike brought under the anti-SLAPP statute is reversed where an email message defendant sent questioning the financial...