all - Opinion Summaries

ASW v. State of Oregon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, 42 U.S.C. sections 670-76, creates federal rights enforceable through a section 1983 cause of action.

Sullivan v. Am. Airlines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Railway Labor Act does not completely preempt plaintiff's state-law defamation claims and, therefore, it does not provide federal courts with...

Coshow v. City of Escondido

Constitutional Law, Health Law
In a challenge to a city's plan to fluoridate its drinking water with hydrofluorosilicic acid, judgment in favor of defendant-City is affirmed where...

City of Chicago v. US Dep't of the Treasury

Constitutional Law, Government Law
The Freedom of Information Act does not entitle the City of Chicago to information from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms databases...

Abdullahi v. City of Madison

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Fourth Amendment Claim, alleging that defendant-police officers used excessive force during his arrest, is reversed where the...

Am. Civil Liberties Union v. Mote

Constitutional Law, Education Law
A university's policy which restricts speech in outdoor areas by members of the general public does not violate the speech clause of the First...

Franklin Prescriptions, Inc. v. New York Times, Co.

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation action, denial of plaintiff's motion for new trial is affirmed where the omission of a presumed damages instruction did not constitute...

Bennett v. Hendrix

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court properly entered an order denying defendant-police officers qualified immunity in a suit alleging that they carried out a campaign...

Wernsing v. Thompson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendant imposed a prior restraint on plaintiffs' Constitutionally protected speech,...

Touvell v. Ohio Dep't of Mental Retardation

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute brought under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the district court correctly determined that the FMLA's purported...