all - Opinion Summaries

GILBERT v. FERRY

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's action, alleging that defendant-justices improperly failed to recuse themselves, is dismissed pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine...

CORNISH v. CORR. SERV. CORP.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's section 1983 action, alleging retaliatory discharge, is affirmed where defendant is a private corporation and its employment...

PHILLIPS v. COHEN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a race discrimination case under Title VII, dismissal of plaintiff's claim for lack of standing is reversed, with respect to plaintiff-Goudy, since...

ALSINA-ORTIZ v. LABOY

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit involving an inmate, summary judgement in favor of defendant-Castillo is reversed where defendant failed to contest the...

MORENO v. BACA

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, the district court's denial of qualified immunity to defendant-police officers is affirmed where defendant's lacked...

WILKINSON v. DOTSON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Injury & Tort Law
State prisoners may challenge the constitutionality of state parole procedures under a section 1983 action for declaratory and injunctive relief; they...

TORRY v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit alleging age discrimination, the parties litigated the issue by implied consent. However, summary judgment in...

MCVAY v. SEARS

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit, plaintiff's claim that defendant-police used excessive force in apprehending her decedent is dismissed where she could not...

COPELIN-BROWN v. NEW MEXICO STATE PERS. OFFICE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination suit, the denial of qualified immunity after a grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where the law in...

CAVALIER v. CADDO PARISH SCH. BD.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, alleging that defendant-school board illegally discriminated against him on the basis of his race when he was denied...