all - Opinion Summaries

HEADWATERS FOREST DEF. v. BURTON

Civil Rights
Officers who used pepper spray against non-violent protesters, who linked themselves together with self-releasing lock down devices, are not entitled...

COZZO v. TANGIPAHOA PARISH COUNCIL

Civil Rights
Under Louisiana law, parish sheriffs are not entitled to absolute immunity as state agents.

BURTON v. RICHMOND

Civil Rights, Family Law
As of 1985, social workers do not have qualified immunity for affirmatively placing children in an abusive foster home.

MACONE v. TOWN OF WAKEFIELD

Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate
Comment by one local council member that they should support low-income housing project to protect the "flavor" of the town is not sufficient to...

LEE v. KATZ

Civil Rights
A private corporation, that leased common area adjacent to city-owned stadium from the city, is a state actor when it regulates speech in that common...

POPOVICH v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
States are not immune, under the 11th Amendment, from Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 USC 12132, for a claim based on the...

FRAZIER v. FAIRHAVEN SCH. COMMITTEE

Civil Rights, Education Law
A plaintiff who alleges that local educational officials have flouted her right to a free and appropriate public education may not bring suit for...

PREFERRED PROPS., INC. v. INDIAN RIVER ESTATES, INC.

Civil Rights
Punitive damages are available for Fair Housing Act claims even if defendant's conduct is not egregious misconduct.

OLIVER v. SCOTT

Civil Rights
Prison policy that allowed female guards to monitor male prisoners while they showered, but did not have male guards monitor female prisoners in...

SUSAG v. CITY OF LAKE FOREST

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
A person convicted of resisting or obstructing a peace officer under Pen. Code 148(a) may not maintain an action for excessive force during an arrest...