all - Opinion Summaries

Holton v. City of Thomasville Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit alleging race discrimination in a school system, judgment in favor of defendant-school district is reversed where the...

Roger Whitmore's Auto. Serv. v. Del Re

Civil Rights, Elections, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's retaliation claims brought under section 1983 is affirmed where no rational jury could conclude that defendant modified...

Whittaker v. N. Illinois Univ.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. section 1983, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where...

Aurecchione v. Schoolman Transp. Sys.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim for attorney's fees pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the district court erred in dismissing plaintiff's complaint since he...

Gronowski v. Spencer

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment retaliation suit, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is affirmed over defendant's claim that the verdict is unsupported by...

Johnson v. Mahoney

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's section 1983 claim, alleging that defendant violated his constitutional rights by withholding allegedly exculpatory evidence,...

Tejada-Batista v. Morales

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's recovery of damages against his superiors for instigating his discharge in violation of his First Amendment rights is affirmed where the...

Ballance v. City of Springfield

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute alleging race discrimination, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where plaintiff failed to...

Lauth v. McCollum

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court properly dismissed plaintiff-police officer's section 1983 suit which claimed that the police chief deprived him of the equal...

Burrell v. McIlroy

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, alleging violations of his Fourth Amendment rights, is affirmed where defendant-police...