all - Opinion Summaries

Olmeda v. Ortiz-Quinonez

Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment in a civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is vacated where plaintiff is not...

Slagle v. County of Clarion

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer on plaintiff's claims of retaliatory discharge in violation of Title VII is affirmed where plaintiff's filing...

Maldonado v. City of Altus

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants, muncipality and officials, in a case brought by plaintiffs-employees asserting claims of discrimination as to an...

Affordable Hous. Dev. Corp. v. City of Fresno

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment for defendants, a municipality and individuals, on various discrimination claims regarding a city council's disapproval of certain bonds...

Stanley v. Trs. of the California State Univ.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Title IX claims are subject to the applicable state statute of limitations for personal injury actions. Judgment on the pleadings for defendants,...

Pony v. County of Los Angeles

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
A plaintiff bringing a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 can not assign her right to seek attorney-s fees to her attorney.

Farfaras v. Citizens Bank & Trust of Chicago

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Jury award of punitive and compensatory damages for plaintiff and an award of attorneys' fees and costs, plus lost wages is affirmed in a case...

Anderson v. Milwaukee County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
Summary judgment for defendants, a county and an operator of a county bus system, in a civil rights case alleging violation of plaintiff's...

Gibson v. Weber

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Summary judgment for defendants on claims they were deliberately indifferent to diabetic inmate plaintiff's medical needs is affirmed where plaintiff...

US v. Georgia

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Insofar as Title II of the American with Disabilities Act creates a private cause of action for damages against states for conduct that actually...