all - Opinion Summaries

GROSJEAN v. FIRST ENERGY CORP.

Civil Rights
Summary judgment to defendant affirmed where plaintiff failed to make his prima facie case of age discrimination because he was not replaced by a...

GETTINGS v. BLDG. LABORERS LOCAL 310 FRINGE BENEFITS FUND

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment to defendant affirmed where since plaintiff failed to file a rule 56(f) affidavit, the district court did not abuse its discretion in...

SMITH v. CITY OF JACKSON, MS

Civil Rights
Summary judgment to defendants affirmed where disparate impact theory of liability is not available to plaintiffs suing for age discrimination under...

ANDRESEN v. DIORIO

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a an action arising out of a termination, the district court's dismissal of various claims brought against the employer and its parent are...

JONES v. POLLARD-BUCKINGHAM

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a civil rights action brought by a pro se inmate, dismissal is reversed where although the complaint was in narrative form, its recitations clearly...

COLEMAN v. PARKMAN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The district court is affirmed where it did not err in denying defendant's motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity, as the evidence...

MCCOWN v. ST. JOHN'S HEALTH SYS., INC.

Civil Rights
In a same-sex, sexual harassment action, summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where while supervisor's conduct was inappropriate and vulgar,...

CARTER v. UNIV. OF TOLEDO

Civil Rights, Education Law, Evidence
In an action alleging that defendant failed to renew plaintiff's contract as a visiting professor because of her race, summary judgment to defendant...

O'BRYAN v. BUREAU OF PRISONS

Civil Rights
District court's dismissal is vacated and remanded to determine under RFRA whether a limit on casting spells would "substantially" burden religious...

GARCIA v. CITY OF TRENTON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The district court erred in granting defendant judgment as a matter of law where plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to support the jury's finding...