all - Opinion Summaries

CAVALIER v. CADDO PARISH SCH. BD.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, alleging that defendant-school board illegally discriminated against him on the basis of his race when he was denied...

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORP. v. GRUNWALD

Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
California's Ethics Standards for neutral arbitrators do not apply to National Association of Securities Dealers arbitrations since the Ethics...

ROPER v. SIMMONS

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law, Sentencing
The Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments forbid imposition of the death penalty on offenders who were under the age of 18 when their crimes were...

SAMPSON v. DIVISION FAMILY SERV.

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
The termination of plaintiff's parental rights in her biological child is affirmed over her claim that the statute under which her parental rights...

JACKSON v. CA DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Plaintiff's challenge to his confinement under the Sexually Violent Predator Act is dismissed where he did not demonstrate that he had standing to...

DOSSETT v. FIRST STATE BANK

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination dispute, the district court did not abuse its discretion in setting aside a jury verdict of $1.5 million, in favor of...

BANKS v. BEARD

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court erred when it upheld a correctional institution's policy, which banned inmates' access to newspapers, magazines and photographs...

JOHNSON v. KARNES

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment against plaintiff's suit, alleging a violation of his right to adequate medical care during pretrial confinement, is reversed where...

FISHER v. HARDEN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment against plaintiff's section 1983 suit, alleging unreasonable seizure, is reversed where plaintiff set forth a constitutional...

PURCELL v. TOOMBS COUNTY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's suit, alleging that jail administrators violated his constitutional rights in failing to prevent an inmate-on-inmate attack, is dismissed...