all - Opinion Summaries

PACE v. BOGALUSA CITY SCH. BD.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's accessibility claim under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act precludes his accessibility claims under the...

PHILLIPS v. COHEN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a race discrimination case under Title VII, dismissal of plaintiff's claim for lack of standing is reversed, with respect to plaintiff-Goudy, since...

SKOKOMISH INDIAN TRIBE v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
An Indian tribe cannot bring claims against the United States, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, for violation of a treaty.

AM. JEWISH CONGRESS v. CORP. FOR NAT'L AND CMTY. SERV.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
The government does not promote religion in violation of the Establishment Clause when it reimburses all grantees, religious and secular, for a...

US v. GONZALEZ-LOPEZ

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's drug conviction is reversed where the district court violated his Sixth Amendment right to be represented by the counsel of his choice at...

WALKER v. CITY OF MESQUITE

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of plaintiffs' request for an injunction, seeking to enjoin the Dallas Housing Authority from constructing public housing in their community,...

HAYES v. BROWN

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A prosecutor's knowing presentation of false evidence and failure to correct the record violate a criminal defendant's due process rights.

US v. TERRY

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law
Tribal police officers did not act in excess of their authority by seizing defendant, who is not an Indian, and they did not violate the Constitution...

IN RE: MARTIN

Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice
Denial of plaintiff's application for reinstatement to the bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma is affirmed...

WILKINSON v. DOTSON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Injury & Tort Law
State prisoners may challenge the constitutionality of state parole procedures under a section 1983 action for declaratory and injunctive relief; they...