all - Opinion Summaries

PASIEWICZ v. LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DIST.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Where there is no question but that a crime took place, and the police have eyewitnesses who claim to identify the criminal, the Fourth Amendment does...

LYON v. VANDE KROL

Civil Rights
Under 42 USC 1997e(a) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, a statement from a prison official that participation in religious events were determined...

WALKER v. MASCHNER

Civil Rights
Under 42 USC 1997e(a) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, a prisoner must exhaust his administrative remedies even if he seeks some relief which he...

RIPPY v. HATTAWAY

Civil Rights
Social workers investigating allegations of child abuse are entitled to absolute immunity for their alleged failures to ensure guardian ad litem...

WOOTEN v. PLEASANT HOPE R-VI SCH. DIST.

Civil Rights, Education Law
A post-deprivation hearing provides sufficient due process for expulsion from extra-curricular activities.

NIETO v. KAPOOR

Civil Rights
Under 42 USC 1983, a doctor who contracted with a state hospital to provide patient care, supervise hospital staff in the provision of patient care,...

MCCOY v. GILBERT

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
Lawsuits filed after April 26, 1996, the date of enactment of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, must exhaust administrative remedies if there are any...

MARTINEZ v. CITY OF OXNARD

Civil Rights
An officer who conducted a coercive custodial interrogation of a suspect being treated for life-threatening gunshot wounds inflicted by the police is...

FLINT v. KENTUCKY DEP'T OF CORR.

Civil Rights
Prison officials are not entitled to qualified immunity for the failure to separate prisoners after one had threatened to kill the plaintiff prisoner.

MCFADDEN v. VILLA

Civil Rights
A plaintiff who wins his state law claim but loses his federal civil rights claim cannot obtain an award of attorney's fees under 42 USC 1988.