all - Opinion Summaries

JONES v. ALCOA, INC.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under the rule of Delaware State College v. Ricks, 101 S.Ct. 498 (1980), plaintiffs' race discrimination claim is barred by Texas's two-year statute...

ADAMS v. CITY OF AUBURN HILLS

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 plaintiff has not made out a constitutional violation against a police officer, for use of excessive force against him in...

BROWN v. CITY OF HOUSTON

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A former city employee's 42 U.S.C. section 1981 claim fails, as the mayor did not have final policymaking authority to terminate plaintiff, and...

DIXON v. WALLOWA COUNTY

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim by a plaintiff who was renting a room from a sexual assault suspect, no Fourth Amendment violation occurred because...

OCHELTREE v. SCOLLON PRODS., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII sex-based harassment action, because there is no evidence that the employer had the knowledge required for liability in punitive...

TERRY v. ASHCROFT

Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of summary judgment to defendants on plaintiff's Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) claims and Title VII claim is reversed except in so...

GIBSON v. CITY OF LOUISVILLE

Civil Rights, Family Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment in favor of the city is affirmed in a former city employee's claim alleging termination in retaliation for requesting leave under the Family...

KROUGH v. CESSFORD CONSTR. CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff failed to make a prima facie case of retaliatory discrimination based on employer's decision not to rehire her for seasonal work.

TURNER v. HONEYWELL FED. MFG. & TECH., LLC

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
While plaintiff made a prima facie case of race discrimination in failure to promote case, he failed to show defendant's stated legitimate,...

ANDERSON v. PAC. MAR. ASS'N

Admiralty, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A non-profit association of stevedoring and shipping companies that are the employers longshoremen was not itself the employer of the longshoremen,...