all - Opinion Summaries

N. Contracting, Inc. v. State of Illinois

Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Transportation
Summary judgment for defendant-state in a suit alleging that a program designed to increase the participation of socially and economically...

People v. Wilmshurst

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of unlawfully possessing a machine gun and illegal assault weapons is affirmed over clams that: 1) the search warrant used to seize...

Lee v. Pine Bluff Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims against a school district and a school's band director arising from the death of her son while...

Walck v. Edmondson

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Grant of a petition for habeas corpus, which ordered dismissal of pending first-degree manslaughter charges against petitioner arising from a traffic...

Collier v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of petitioner's motion for summary judgment and grant of respondent's motion to affirm the denial of Social Security Disability Insurance...

Whitington v. Ortiz

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
Dismissal without prejudice of pro se prisoner's section 1983 action involving officials' denying him access to free hygiene products, for failure to...

People v. Miller

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In case where prosecution conceded defendant was detained without a warrant, probable cause, or reasonable suspicion, denial of motion to suppress...

Granda v. City of St. Louis

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Government Law, Sanctions
Summary judgment for the city of St. Louis in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action is affirmed where a judicial order incarcerating plaintiff for a...

Crawford v. Rokita

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a challenge to Indiana's law requiring the presentation of a photo ID before a person may vote in an election is...

Moss v. Martin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for defendants on the pleadings in an action alleging that plaintiff's termination from the Illinois Department of Transportation violated...