all - Opinion Summaries

VENEGAS v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on search and seizure, resolution of conflicts in evidence is for the jury, so that the issue of probable...

CARRASCA v. POMEROY

Civil Rights
In a civil rights action arising from racial profiling in detentions and arrests, the district court failed to view factual disputes in a light most...

SHAH v. INTER-CONT'L HOTEL CHICAGO OPERATING CORP.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A complaint alleging national origin discrimination in the leasing of a commercial space was not frivolous on its face, and was improperly dismissed...

SHEPHERD v. WELLMAN

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions, Government Law
Dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a former police commissioner was proper, where the pleadings did not place him on notice that he...

ANGEL v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
A suit challenging a fee charged by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, for the use of a parking placard available to disabled persons, was barred by the...

TAYLOR v. VERMONT DEP'T OF EDUC.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Family Law
A mother, whose parental right to participate in her daughter's education had been revoked by a Vermont family court, lacked standing to pursue...

RIVERO v. CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Contracts, Government Law
Defendants could assert qualified immunity on appeal from a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging termination of a city contract in retaliation for...

SOLOMON v. INTERIOR REG'L HOUSING AUTH.

Civil Rights, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Indian preference requirements of Title 25 U.S.C. section 450e(b) do not create a private right of action for a Native Alaskan who applied...

LANSDALE v. HI-HEALTH SUPERMART CORP.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
A limitation of damages under 42 U.S.C. section 1981a, in a gender discrimination action, is affirmed because that statute is not unconstitutional...

ZAMBETTI v. CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff presented a prima facie case for reverse race discrimination in employment, under Title VII and Ohio law, and the district court overlooked...