all - Opinion Summaries

BALLINGER v. CULOTTA

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Family Law
Under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, the district court lacked jurisdiction to consider a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, as it was an attempt to...

HADIX v. JOHNSON

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law
Denial of an inmate's motion for costs and an incentive award for his role as a class representative is affirmed, in a civil rights action brought by...

YANOWITZ v. L'OREAL USA, INC.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
A male executive's order to fire a female employee because she fails to meet the executive's standards for sexual attractiveness is an act of sex...

CAMPBELL v. BANKBOSTON

Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
A plan administrator was not acting as a fiduciary in amending a severance plan, and employers have the right to amend or end a welfare benefit plan...

FOLEY v. UNIV. OF HOUSTON SYS.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
The district court erred in rejecting a defense of qualified immunity with respect to a university faculty member's 42 U.S.C. section 1981 retaliation...

MARQUEZ v. GUTIERREZ

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Assuming the facts in a prisoner's favor in his 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim alleging an Eighth Amendment violation for excessive force, a corrections...

LEROHL v. FRIENDS OF MINNESOTA

Civil Rights, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law
Musician members of an orchestra providing free concerts in a city were independent contractors and not employees for purposes of Title VII and the...

ALEXANDER v. NORTHLAND INN

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff was unable to perform an essential job function of her housekeeping position, with or without reasonable accommodation, and defendant did...

SMITH v. LAMZ

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
A malicious prosecution claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law was not actionable where the facts established that probable cause existed...

WINDLE v. CITY OF MARION

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
A police department's delayed reaction to its purported knowledge of an improper relationship between a minor student and a teacher did not violate...