all - Opinion Summaries

REINHOLDSON v. STATE OF MINNESOTA

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Education Law, Judgement Enforcement
In regard to a severance order issued in connection with an action under IDEA, the court abused its discretion to the extent that the clerk's judgment...

SLUSARCHUK v. HOFF

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The district court is reversed where officers were entitled to summary judgment based on qualified immunity for their actions in high-speed chase...

NESBIT v. GEARS UNLIMITED, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a Title VII action is affirmed on the merits, where the court properly refused to aggregate the number of employees between the defendant...

PHELAN v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case where the plaintiff claimed violations of due process, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and Title VII, dismissal and summary judgment to...

DUNN v. CITY OF ELGIN

Civil Rights, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case alleging that the seizure of a child pursuant to a custody order violated 42 U.S.C. section 1983, defendant officers are entitled to...

LONGEN v. WATEROUS CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a discriminatory termination action under the ADAA and the Minnesota Human Rights Act, defendant employer was entitled to enforce a "last chance...

OCHANA v. FLORES

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a section 1983 action against police officers alleging a violation of Fourth Amendment rights, the district court's decision in favor of the...

KENNEY v. SWIFT

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
IN a Title VII failure-to-hire action, summary judgment to defendant is reversed where the district court improperly made credibility determinations...

RENDA v. KING

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The district court abused its discretion in excluding evidence of the defendant's good character for truthfulness where the plaintiff opened the door...

PUGH v. GOORD

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a civil rights action brought by pro se prisoner plaintiffs against a correction facility, the district court's denial of preliminary injunction...