all - Opinion Summaries

Zurich Ins. Co. v. Chatham County, GA

Admiralty, Constitutional Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant county, in subrogation case involving damage to the insured's vessel caused by defendant's malfunctioning...

Smutka v. City of Hutchinson

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Public Utilities
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit alleging that they violated plaintiff's procedural due process rights when a municipality's utilities...

Bailey v. Dep't of Elementary & Secondary Educ.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment as a matter of law for defendant-employer, an agency, in a First Amendment retaliation case is affirmed where: 1) there was no error...

Tanner v. County of Lenawee

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from injuries sustained by plaintiffs involving a domestic dispute is...

Davet v. City of Cleveland

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit alleging that a partial demolition of plaintiff's building violated the Takings, Due Process and Equal...

Brittain v. Hansen

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law
Non-custodial parents with court-ordered visitation rights have a liberty interest in the companionship, care, custody, and management of their...

Graves v. Thomas

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 arising out of plaintiffs' son's death while he was pursued in a high-speed chase by police, summary judgment for all...

Doe v. Saenz

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law
Judgment for plaintiffs based on holdings that: 1) Department of Social Services could not classify "occupied burglary" as a non-exemptible offense;...

Porco v. Trs. of Indiana Univ.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Remedies
Suit challenging the constitutionality of a state university's residency classification scheme is dismissed where the disbursement of disputed funds...

Ernst J. v. Stone

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
Denial of habeas petition, in case involving recommitment proceedings for a defendant pleading not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect...