all - Opinion Summaries

ABUAN v. LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Record supported the jury's determination that plaintiff's demotion was the product of illegal age discrimination, and he is entitled to the statutory...

PINEDA v. UNITED PARCEL SERV., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
There was sufficient evidence for the jury to have found that defendant employer retaliated against plaintiff because he engaged in the protected...

SNYDER v. CITY OF MOAB

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
District court did not err in granting summary judgment for defendants on plaintiff's procedural due process claim because no question of material...

JACKSON v. CAREY

Civil Rights
District court erred in dismissing inmate's complaint for failure to state a claim. Plaintiff alleges facts pertaining to his transfer from one...

STEWART v. ASHCROFT

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
District court erred in failing to find non-selection to be an adverse employment action, but plaintiff failed to rebut the government's legitimate,...

ESPINAL-DOMINGUEZ v. COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Where a State asserts only that the imposition of a certain type of money damages is precluded by the Eleventh Amendment, yet acknowledges that it is...

POY v. BOUTSELIS

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff, prevailing in his 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against the police who arrested him, was inappropriately denied fees and costs.

WRIGHT v. COMPUSA, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
District court erred in awarding summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff's retaliation claim, because the record creates a genuine issue of...

LUCCHESI v. BAR-O BOYS RANCH

Civil Rights
Because plaintiffs' state tort claim and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim were predicated on the same wrong, plaintiffs are not barred from seeking relief...

CONKLE v. POTTER

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
There is no indication in the record that plaintiff failed timely to file her district court action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 2000e-16(c). The...