all - Opinion Summaries

Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
An individual who has obtained a state-law restraining order does not have a constitutionally protected property interest in having the police enforce...

Overall v. Univ. of Penn.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's defamation claim is reversed where the district court incorrectly held that statements made in a private internal University...

Nimely v. City of New York

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action alleging excessive force, judgment in favor of defendant-police officer is vacated where the erroneous admission of certain...

Hoffman-La Roche v. Super. Ct. of Santa Clara

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action concerning a prescription drug, the trial court's exercise of jurisdiction over defendants-Swiss pharmaceutical...

Nanda v. Moss

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, the district court properly denied defendant qualified immunity since he violated plaintiff's clearly...

Hogan v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, judgment against plaintiff's claim, alleging that his property was contaminated by radioactive...

Siggers-El v. Barlow

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a constitutional retaliation claim, defendant is not entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law since he knew or should have known of the...

Johnson v. Wright

Civil Rights, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
A reasonable jury could reasonably find that defendants acted with deliberate indifference to plaintiff-inmate's health when they reflexively followed...

GLF Constr. Corp. v. LAN/STV

Construction, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment against plaintiff's tort claims is affirmed where defendant was entitled to derivative sovereign immunity for independent contractors...

Young v. Nickols

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), does not bar plaintiff from invoking 42 U.S.C. section 1983 to assert a claim for damages against defendant-law...