all - Opinion Summaries

NEUDECKER v. BOISCLAIR CORP.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of complaint alleging retaliation, for threatening eviction as reprisal for complaint that tenants engaged in disability harassment, was...

KARAM v. CITY OF BURBANK

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
District court correctly dismissed plaintiff's Fourth and First Amendment claims brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, but an order granting...

STEINER v. HENDERSON

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a Title VII gender discrimination claim for failure to exhaust EEOC remedies is affirmed as equitable tolling does not apply, though...

SMITH v. CITY OF JACKSON

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Trial court's holding that claims of disparate impact cannot be brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 is affirmed, however,...

ANDERSON v. WOODCREEK VENTURE LTD

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Landlord Tenant Law
The record casts into doubt whether plaintiff voluntarily consented to the magistrate judge-s jurisdiction to enter judgment as required by 28 U.S.C....

STEGALL v. CITADEL BROAD. CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff raises a triable claim with respect to her retaliation claim, accordingly, the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of...

GILBERTSON v. ALBRIGHT

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Civil rights case reversed and remanded to determine whether plaintiff's action is barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and by claim preclusion.

SHAVER v. INDEP. STAVE

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's claim for a hostile work environment is actionable under the Americans with Disabilities Act but the verbal harassment and name-calling...

THOMPSON v. TIMOTHY

Civil Rights
The constitutional right asserted by plaintiff to be free from excessive force was clearly established and accordingly, the district court's grant of...

DURRUTHY v. PASTOR

Civil Rights, Media Law
In a civil rights action alleging wrongful arrest and excessive force, a police officer, who arrested a freelance cameraman standing in an busy...