all - Opinion Summaries

McClain v. NorthWest Cmty. Corr. Ctr. Judicial Corr. Bd.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer, corrections facility, on plaintiff's due process and employment-discrimination claims is reversed in part...

Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. Mississippi Power & Light Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Public Utilities
A judgment and award for plaintiffs in a case alleging that defendant, a utility company, had engaged in employment practices with a racially...

Plemmons v. Roberts

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of defendants-jail officials' motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity is affirmed in an inmate's civil rights action where a...

Drake v. Koss

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants, a county and jail officials, on claims alleging violations of inmate-plaintiff's federal civil rights as well as...

Higbee v. Sentry Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Elder Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Appeal of decision for defendant in an age discrimination and sexual harassment action is affirmed where the plaintiff did not object to jury...

Aida Food and Liquor, Inc. v. City of Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for the defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit relating to the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments is affirmed where the plaintiffs failed...

Silberstein v. City of Dayton

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order denying summary judgment to defendants, civil service board members for a municipality, on claims brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983...

Garcia v. LeMaster

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Dismissal of plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging unconstitutional classification and denial of recreation is affirmed where plaintiff...

Connerly v. State Personnel Bd.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
An award of private attorney general fees to plaintiff following his successfully litigation to invalidate several state statutes outlawing...

Borzych v. Frank

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of prisoner's claims in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action arising out of a ban on religious literature that advocated racial violence is affirmed where...