all - Opinion Summaries

HALE v. KART

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action alleging police officers conducted an unconstitutional search of his residence, the district court erred in failing to award...

CARABALLO-SEDA v. MUN. OF HORMIGUEROS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The Workforce Investment Act requires a plaintiff to exhaust administrative remedies before bringing a claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for...

LATHAM v. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination suit, dismissal of plaintiff's First Amendment retaliation claim is affirmed where policy making employees may be terminated...

WATTS v. MCKINNEY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of defendant's claim of qualified immunity is affirmed where "kicking a helpless prisoner's genitals" constitutes cruel and unusual conduct in...

SMITH v. CITY OF HEMET

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A section 1983 action for excessive force is not necessarily barred by a plaintiff's conviction for willfully resisting, delaying, or obstructing a...

HESSE v. AVIS RENT A CAR SYS, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, plaintiff failed to establish a hostile work environment where the conduct complained of was not based on sex,...

CRAIGHEAD v. LEE

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
District court did not err in denying defendant-police officers' motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity where their use of deadly...

BRADFORD v. HUCKABEE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court erred in denying defendants' motion to dismiss based on qualified immunity to plaintiff's claims alleging he was constructively...

KONITS v. VALLEY STREAM CENT. HIGH SCHOOL

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A First Amendment retaliation lawsuit, predicated on speech about gender discrimination against a fellow employee that directly implicates the access...

BIZZARRO v. MIRANDA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute, denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment, based on qualified immunity, against plaintiff's equal protection claim,...