all - Opinion Summaries

Humphrey v. Mabry

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising from a traffic stop, forcible seizure at gun point, search, and brief restraint of the plaintiff, denial of...

Floroiu v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Denial of applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is reversed where the IJ departed from its...

Campbell v. Clarke

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Dismissal of a prisoner appeal and denial of motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal are affirmed where the plaintiff had engaged in attempts to...

Winterrowd v. Nelson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case alleging defendants-troopers used excessive force during a pat-down of plaintiff, denial of summary judgment based on...

Thomas v. Eby

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that a prison guard retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment rights, dismissal...

Deposit Ins. Agency v. Superintendent of Banks of the State of N.Y.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, International Law
Denial of appellant's state sovereign immunity defense to bankruptcy proceedings brought under 11 U.S.C. section 304 by appellee, the foreign...

KH Outdoor, L.L.C. v. Clay County, Fla.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Media Law
Dismissal after denial of a request for injunctive relief and damages brought by plaintiffs after defendant board denied several permit applications...

White River Amusement Pub, Inc. v. Town of Hartford

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In case involving a public indecency ordinance affecting adult entertainment business offering nude and semi-nude female dancing, as well as food and...

Williams v. City of Carl Junction

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a city and officials alleging that individual defendants violated his First Amendment rights by issuing him...

Martinez v. Carr

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The issuance of a citation, even under threat of jail if not accepted, does not rise to the level of a Fourth Amendment seizure. In a 42 U.S.C....