all - Opinion Summaries

Hope v. Klabal

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment to defendants on plaintiff's tort and contract claims arising out of a series of art transactions is affirmed where: 1) voluntary...

Martinez-Aguero v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law
Aliens stopped at the border have a constitutional right to be free from false imprisonment and the use of excessive force by law enforcement...

Newman v. County of Orange

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In the context of a civil rights case alleging malicious prosecution, the fact that a plaintiff-s version of an incident conflicts with that of the...

Sarei v. Rio Tinto, PLC

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, International Trade
Dismissal of an Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) action brought by plaintiffs, residents of Papua New Guinea, against defendant-mining corporation...

Mandel v. The Boston Phoenix, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Grant of summary judgement is reversed where the district court's ruling did not appropriately determine that the plaintiff, a Maryland assistant...

Woods v. Texas Aggregates, L.L.C.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Denial of plaintiff's motion to remand to state court, and orders dismissing and compelling arbitration of a negligence case arising out of an...

Hanks v. Prachar

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging Eighth Amendment and due process violations based on incidents alleged to...

Fasano v. Fed. Reserve Bank of New York

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Federal Reserve Act section 341(Fifth), as impliedly amended by the ADA and 12 U.S.C. section 1831j, preempts any state employment law that goes...

Mandel v. The Boston Phoenix, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Summary judgment on the issue of status in a defamation case is vacated and remanded where there was insufficient evidence in the record with which to...

Marmo v. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An award pursuant to a jury verdict for plaintiff on a nuisance claim involving damages from gases at defendant's beef processing plant, and an award...