all - Opinion Summaries

RAMIREZ v. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A claim for ADA violations in employment, based on removal from a position, was time-barred where claimant failed to file a charge within 300 days...

STATON v. BOEING CO.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Parties to a class action may not include in a settlement agreement an amount of attorneys' fees measured as a percentage of an actual or putative...

HILL v. MCKINLEY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Although prison guard's strapping plaintiff spread-eagle to a restraining board for three and one-half hours while she was naked was a violation of...

KOHLER v. INTERSTATE BRANDS CORP.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An action for gender-based harassment against an employer under the Fair Employment and Housing Act fell within the scope of the broad release...

COOK v. TADROS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a First Amendment retaliation claim, in the absence of a constitutional violation, no actionable conspiracy claim exists, and in light of a verdict...

GAGLIARDO v. CONNAUGHT LABS., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Symptoms from multiple sclerosis substantially limited plaintiff's major life activities of concentrating and remembering. 42 U.S.C. section 1981a...

GAYMAN v. PRINCIPAL FIN. SERV., INC.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, for the taking of policyholders' "property" (the right to receive liquidating distribution) without just compensation...

WALKER v. CITY OF MESQUITE

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Homeowners who challenged a remedial order as unconstitutional were a prevailing party for the purposes of an attorneys' fees award within the meaning...

CASTELLANO v. FRAGOZO

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim for malicious prosecution exists under the Fourth Amendment, and evidence was sufficient for a reasonable jury to find...

TORRES-VIERA v. LABOY-ALVARADO

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
A former prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim was properly dismissed, where claimant failed to meet the heightened standard required in claims that...