all - Opinion Summaries

TURNER v. ARKANSAS INS. DEP'T

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
It was clearly established on the date of an employee's termination, that at-will employees could sue for racial discrimination under 42 U.S.C....

DUAMUTEF v. HOLLINS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
An inmate's history, and the need to forestall security problems in correctional facilities, establish that a decision to institute a temporary mail...

MICKLE v. MORIN

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions
Claimant's version of events, to which the court was required to give credit in ruling on defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law,...

LIM v. THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIV.

Civil Rights, Education Law
An action for gender discrimination, in a university's decision not to grant tenure to a professor, was not actionable where a letter from the...

LABOTEST, INC. v. BONTA

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
A plaintiff who obtains a court order, incorporating an agreement that includes relief sought by the plaintiff in the lawsuit, is a prevailing party...

LOGIODICE v. TRUSTEES OF MAINE CENT. INST.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
A school district which underwrites secondary education for students at a privately operated high school, was not a "state actor" for due process...

ARAGON v. REPUBLIC SILVER STATE DISPOSAL, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Though summary judgment for the employer in an employment discrimination case was improper at the "prima facie" stage, judgment is affirmed where a...

PAIGE v. CALIFORNIA

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action alleging that the California Highway Patrol's (CHP) promotional process discriminates against non-whites, an internal pool is the...

HOLLAND v. GAYLORD ENTM'T CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment pregnancy discrimination action, the employee bears the burden of demonstrating that the employer had actual knowledge of her...

ROE v. TEXAS DEP'T OF PROTECTIVE & REGULATORY SERV.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Juvenile Law
A social worker is entitled to qualified immunity for visually searching a child's body cavities without a court order, where children's rights...