all - Opinion Summaries

SCHMIDT v. OTTAWA MED. CTR.

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
When an individual claimant-shareholder enjoys the opportunity for shared control of a closely-held corporation (including profit-sharing...

DOTSON v. BRAVO

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Sanctions
Dismissal with prejudice of a civil rights lawsuit, as an FRCP 37(b) sanction, is affirmed where plaintiff deliberately filed his claim under a false...

BERNSTEIN v. LOPEZ

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
School board members are protected by qualified immunity from claims by former school principals and vice-principals after reassignment, as plaintiffs...

LE v. UNIV. OF PENNSYLVANIA

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
A university technician claiming national origin discrimination and retaliation did not mitigate his damages. Failure to apportion was not fatal to an...

TAYLOR v. WHITE

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Under the Equal Pay Act, the Army's salary retention policy for employees reassigned to lower graded positions qualified as a factor other than sex,...

JIMEMEZ v. MADISON AREA TECH. COLL.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Dismissal with prejudice of a former employer's 42 U.S.C. section 1981 action, alleging race, national origin, and sex discrimination by a technical...

HOSKINS v. POELSTRA

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate
A complaint arising from a city's alleged seizure and demolition of private property, including claims that a private citizen conspired with state...

SKAARUP v. CITY OF N. LAS VEGAS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Adverse employment actions did not abridge a fire marshall's exercise of free speech, and a reclassification of his position did not amount to...

BURTON v. JONES

Administrative Law, Civil Rights
A prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim was incorrectly dismissed in its entirety, as his grievances administratively exhausted his First Amendment...

PHILLIPS v. NORRIS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, demotion to segregation and the loss of certain privileges was not an atypical and significant hardship...