all - Opinion Summaries

Kelly v. Metallics West, Inc.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under the Americans With Disabilities Act, an employer must reasonably accommodate employees regarded or perceived as disabled.

Truong v. Orange County

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's federal civil rights claims are barred where they call into question the validity of her conviction for interfering with the exercise of...

Bennett v. City of Eastpointe

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's civil rights action against defendant-City and its police officers, alleging Equal Protection Clause violations, is reversed...

Shekoyan v. Sibley Int'l.

Civil Rights, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not apply to an alien employed outside the United States.

Scott v. Johanns

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under Title VII, federal employees who secure a final administrative disposition finding discrimination and ordering relief may not seek review of...

Taylor v. US Probation Office

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), which bars actions under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 seeking damages for unconstitutional imprisonment, is only...

US v. Marquez

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
An airport screening procedure subjecting passengers randomly to a handheld magnetometer wand scan, in addition to the standard walkthrough...

Grimm v. Alro Steel Corp.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where...

Rooney v. Koch Air

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, dismissal of plaintiff's claim under the Americans with Disability Act(ADA) is affirmed where he has not shown...

Wright v. City of Philadelphia

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, defendant-police officers are entitled to qualified immunity where plaintiff's warrantless arrest for criminal trespass was...