all - Opinion Summaries

HARPER v. ALBERT

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 suit against prison guards, the district court properly dismissed certain defendants from the suit since plaintiff failed to...

MANSHARDT v. FED. JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMM.

Constitutional Law, Government Law
A private right of action is not available under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

MILOFSKY v. AM. AIRLINES

Constitutional Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, alleging breach of fiduciary duty with regard to a transfer of their pension plans, is affirmed where plaintiffs lack...

ROBBINS v. REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF CAL.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
The administrator of a 4-H program did not violate the federal constitutional right to free speech of club members when the administrator suspended...

LEVINE v. UNITED HEALTHCARE CORP.

Constitutional Law, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute concerning an insurer's claimed right of subrogation from an insured's third-party tort recovery, the district court should have...

US v. CITY OF DETROIT

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
Plaintiff's appeal, challenging an injunction requiring it to accept contaminated material from defendant-City, is dismissed as moot since defendant...

COCHRAN v. PINCHAK

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The Eleventh Amendment precludes claims for damages against New Jersey under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

TURNEY v. PUGH

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over his claim that the Alaska jury tampering statute under which he was...

AM. LIBRARY ASS'N v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law
A rehearing is required to determine whether plaintiff has standing to challenge an FCC rule requiring digital television receivers to give effect to...

IN RE ELIJAH V.

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
Defendant-father's right to equal protection was violated when the trial court denied him reunification services based on his status as a biological...