all - Opinion Summaries

MACOMBER v. RED ROBIN INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a California Fair Employment and Housing Act action, because no appeal was taken from the post-judgment order denying attorney fees and costs, the...

JARRETT v. TOWN OF YARMOUTH

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Jury verdict in plaintiff's favor against two officers for excessive use of force reversed on the grounds of qualified immunity.

ALBRECHTSEN v. BD. OF REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF WISCONSIN SYS.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Evidence did not support a jury's conclusion that a university retaliated against a professor for taking a stand against sex discrimination, where a...

MACK v. GREAT DANE TRAILERS

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An employee's ADA claim was not actionable where a jury could not reasonably find that an employer regarded claimant as substantially limited in any...

JACKSON v. BIRMINGHAM BD. OF EDUC.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 does not imply a private right of action in favor of individuals who, although not themselves the victims...

ROBB v. BETHEL SCH. DIST. # 403

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law
When a plaintiff has alleged injuries that could be redressed to any degree by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's administrative...

LEWIS v. ANDERSON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, by siblings against social services officials for due process violations in placing plaintiffs with an abusive family,...

MCKINNEY v. IRVING INDEP. SCH. DIST.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A school bus driver's due process claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, based on a state-created danger theory after injuries inflicted by a student,...

FORKKIO v. POWELL

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A Title VII employment discrimination claimant failed to establish an adverse personnel action on either a discrimination claim or a retaliation...

MARCHWINSKI v. HOWARD

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The district court erred in issuing a preliminary injunction where it held that only a public safety concern can qualify as a "special need" that may...