all - Opinion Summaries

Shotz v. Am. Airlines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Funds and financial benefits that Congress provided to the airline industry in response to the September 11 terrorist acts did not constitute "federal...

Kaufman v. McCaughtry

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Establishment Clause claim, alleging that defendants infringed on his right to practice his religion when they refused to...

Liberte Capital Group v. Capwill

Constitutional Law, Insurance Law
Denial of intervenor's motion for release and distribution of the proceeds from a life insurance policy is reversed where she was denied notice and an...

ACLU v. City of Plattsmouth

Constitutional Law, Government Law
Defendant-City's monument, inscribed with a nonsectarian version of the Ten Commandments, does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First...

Doe v. US

Constitutional Law, Health Law
Plaintiff's equal protection challenge to 10 U.S.C. section 1093(a)'s prohibition on abortion funding is rejected under rational basis review.

Snow v. City of Citronelle

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's wrongful death claim is reversed where a genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether defendant was deliberately...

S. Waste Sys. v. City of Delray Beach

Constitutional Law, Public Utilities
Defendant-City's exclusive waste collection agreement, which awards the right to collect waste to one company, does not violate the Commerce Clause.

Siemens v. Norfolk S. Railway Co.

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts
In damage claims arising out of shipping contracts, a shipper must file with the carrier a notice of a claim that satisfies 49 C.F.R. section...

Robertson v. Hecksel

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
The Fourteenth Amendment's substantive due process protections do not extend to the relationship between a mother and her adult son.

Akins v. Fulton County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff cannot state a claim for constructive discharge since, instead of resigning, she requested and received a favorable transfer.