all - Opinion Summaries

LOCKRIDGE v. BD. OF TRUSTEES, OF THE UNIV. OF ARKANSAS

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim for race discrimination in employment, the subjective manner in which a university filled administrative positions could be construed as...

REYNOLDS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by white police officers challenging, on equal protection grounds, the promotion of minority officers pursuant to an affirmative action...

GONZAGA UNIV. v. DOE

Civil Rights, Education Law
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act's non-disclosure of information provisions create no personal right to enforce under 42 U.S.C. section...

ATKINS v. VIRGINIA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Executions of mentally retarded criminals are "cruel and unusual punishments" prohibited by the Eighth Amendment.

CONSERVATORSHIP OF EDWARD W.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
Solano County Public Guardian's practice of requesting notice waivers, without an individualized showing of exigent circumstances, in all applications...

WELCH v. ASHCROFT

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Although the mandatory detention of deportable aliens is reasonably related to legitimate government interests, the 14-month detention of a deportable...

MITCHELL v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
The requirement that a prisoner show physical injury for any "federal civil action" does not apply to suits unrelated to prison conditions, filed in...

PICKERN v. HOLIDAY QUALITY FOODS, INC.

Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit for injunctive relief under ADA Title III, where a disabled plaintiff has actual knowledge of illegal barriers to access by a public...

DUTY v. NORTON-ALCOA PROPPANTS

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Evidence supported a jury award of damages based on an employer's violation of the Family Medical Leave Act and Arkansas Civil Rights Act; court did...

RISAM v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
An action by an employee, for demotion in retaliation for opposing discriminatory practices in violation of the California FEHA, is barred when civil...