all - Opinion Summaries

D'Angelo v. ConAgra Foods, Inc.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Americans with Disability Act, by its plain language, requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for employees they regard as...

Redondo-Borges v. US Dep't of Housing

Civil Rights, Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim, alleging breach of a construction contract, is affirmed where the complaint fails to state cognizable causes of action...

Harvey v. Plains Township

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A police officer actively involved in an ex parte private repossession may be engaged in state action in violation of the Fourth Amendment.

Barstad v. Murray County

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a civil rights action, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where plaintiff-developers did not demonstrate that they were...

Caver v. City of Trenton

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute, the district court properly dismissed plaintiff's claims which alleged unlawful retaliation and hostile work...

Venezia v. Gottlieb Mem'l Hosp.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute, the district court erred when it dismissed plaintiffs' suit on the theory that a husband and wife could not...

Rudin v. Lincoln Land Cmty. Coll.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's race and sex discrimination claims is reversed where she has produced substantial evidence that defendant-employer had...

Benton v. Oregon Student Assistance Comm'n

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, an award of attorney's fees and costs to plaintiff is reversed where, even though she was awarded nominal damages, her...

Russell v. Hennepin County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's section 1983 claim is dismissed where defendant-municipality's policy regarding the monitoring of inmates subject to conditional release...

Neumeyer v. Beard

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
A department of corrections' practice of subjecting prison visitors' vehicles to random searches is reasonable, supportable as a special needs search,...