all - Opinion Summaries

Perez v. Unified Gov't of Wyandotte County

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of firefighter-defendant's motion for summary judgment pursuant to qualified immunity in a civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983,...

Douglas v. York County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants on negligence and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 civil rights claims for events of thirty years ago is affirmed where no...

Maher v. GSI Lumonics, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for employer-defendant on claims of age discrimination on grounds of res judicata is affirmed where plaintiff could have had his...

Joseph v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Wisconsin Sys.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Sanctions
Grant of defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendants violated his constitutional...

Kroske v. US Bank Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The dismiss-at-pleasure provision of the National Bank Act is repealed by implication to the extent necessary to give effect to the Age Discrimination...

Harris v. Coweta County

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging the use of excessive force, denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment is reversed where...

Rodriguez v. Sears Roebuck de Puerto Rico, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer on age discrimination claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Puerto Rican law is...

Hart v. City of Little Rock

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law
Denial of municipal defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law in a civil rights suit by police officers, involving defendant's disclosure of...

Vaughan v. Florida Dep't of Agric. & Consumer Servs.

Agriculture, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendants pursuant to their claim of qualified immunity is affirmed in a civil claim involving defendants' illegal entry onto...

Padilla v. Hanft

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Military Law
Motion filed by the government for authorization to transfer petitioner from military custody to civilian law enforcement custody is denied....