all - Opinion Summaries

Waubanascum v. Shawano County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Juvenile Law
A jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, who was sexually abused while in foster care, is reversed where defendant-county owed no constitutional duty to...

Leclerc v. Webb

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
A Louisiana rule that renders nonimmigrant aliens ineligible to sit for the Louisiana Bar is constitutional under rational basis review.

First Fed. Bank v. Fegen

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiff's appeal of the trial court's Order for Sale of Dwelling is dismissed as moot since the sale of the residence, which was the subject matter...

O'Connor v. Washburn Univ.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
A statue entitled Holier Than Thou, which depicts the head and upper torso of a Roman Catholic bishop, placed on a university campus does not...

Allan Applestein v. Province of Buenos Aires

Constitutional Law, Debt Collection
Judgment in favor of plaintiff, seeking interest payments on a note issued by defendant, is affirmed over defendant's claim that plaintiff, as a...

Woodard v. Andrus

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's section 1983 suit, claiming that defendant charged her fees in excess of, or not authorized, by state statute, is reversed...

Wien v. State of Delaware

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law
Defendant's conviction for violating the Wetlands Act is affirmed over his claim that the statute is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad.

Luckes v. County of Hennepin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Delays in completing plaintiff's processing following his arrest for unpaid tickets did not deny him due process since his twenty-four hour detention...

In re Wilford J.

Constitutional Law, Family Law
Converting a noticed Pretrial Resolution Conference into an unscheduled jurisdictional hearing deprives parents of vitally important procedural...

Wang v. Masaitis

Constitutional Law, International Law
Under the Treaty Clause of the Constitution, the United States may enter into a "treaty" with a non-sovereign entity such as Hong Kong.