all - Opinion Summaries

ESTATE OF MORELAND v. DIETER

Civil Rights, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, judgment against defendant-deputies for violating the civil rights of an inmate is affirmed where the district court did...

HALE v. KART

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action alleging police officers conducted an unconstitutional search of his residence, the district court erred in failing to award...

MANION v. NAGIN

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
The district court did not err in finding that plaintiff's claims for negligence and tortious interference with contract were barred under the...

WEBSTER v. UAW, LOCAL 51

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's claim, alleging violation of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act by constructive discharge, is dismissed where plaintiff...

HJELLE v. MID-STATE CONSULTANTS, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a personal injury action, judgment in favor of defendant, a third-party independent contractor, is affirmed where the district court did not err in...

CARABALLO-SEDA v. MUN. OF HORMIGUEROS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The Workforce Investment Act requires a plaintiff to exhaust administrative remedies before bringing a claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for...

RASPANTI v. KEATY

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a bankruptcy suit, the district court erred in not applying principles of collateral estoppel to a Louisiana appellate court's findings on the...

TRAVELERS INDEM. v. CANON

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit alleging defendant's copy machine was the cause of a fire, judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where the district court did not err...

FORD MOTOR CO. v. TODECHEENE

Civil Procedure, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
There is no tribal jurisdiction over a nonmember in a product liability case.

LATHAM v. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination suit, dismissal of plaintiff's First Amendment retaliation claim is affirmed where policy making employees may be terminated...