all - Opinion Summaries

Long Beach Police Officers Assn. v. City of Long Beach

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
The Court of Appeal properly upheld the trial court's denial of plaintiff-police union's request for a permanent injunction to prevent the release of...

Ervine v. Desert View Regional Medical Center Holdings, LLC

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-health care providers in an action alleging that defendants violated the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans...

Rosenfeld v. Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment in favor of defendant-employer in an age discrimination suit is affirmed, where: 1) the trial court properly precluded plaintiff from...

Serri v. Santa Clara University

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Civil Rights, Contracts
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer in plaintiff's action alleging wrongful discharge on the basis of race and ethnic origin, breach of...

Jauregui v. City of Palmdale

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
The trial court's issuance of a preliminary injunction that enjoins defendant-city from certifying the results of an at-large city council election is...

Plata v. Brown

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
The State's petition for writ of mandamus in an ongoing prison class action concerning the provision of health care in California prisons is denied,...

George v. Edholm

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant-officers in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that defendant officers, doctor, and two nurses violated...

Newdow v. US

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' suit challenging federal statutes, which require the inclusion of the national motto, "In God We Trust," on this country's...

Wood v. Moss

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action in which plaintiff-protesters alleged that defendant-agents engaged in viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment when...

Plumhoff v. Rickard

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that the officers used excessive force in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments when they shot...