all - Opinion Summaries

THOMAS v. ROBERTS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
On remand from the Supreme Court, the district court's grant of qualified immunity to a school that performed a strip search on its students is...

US v. GREGORY

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Whatever the merits of the government's decision to issue a delayed third superseding indictment, it did not cause defendant the kind of prejudice...

US v. FERRO

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
After finding that a defendant is incompetent to stand trial, a district court must commit the defendant to the Attorney General's custody for a...

WARD v. STATE OF UTAH

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Plaintiff faces a credible threat of future prosecution and suffers from an injury in the form of a "chilling effect" on his desire to engage in First...

WOMEN'S EMERGENCY NETWORK v. BUSH

Constitutional Law, Transportation
Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate they have standing to bring a First Amendment challenge against Fla. Stat. section 320.08058(30), which authorizes a...

HADIX v. JOHNSON

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law
Denial of an inmate's motion for costs and an incentive award for his role as a class representative is affirmed, in a civil rights action brought by...

YANOWITZ v. L'OREAL USA, INC.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
A male executive's order to fire a female employee because she fails to meet the executive's standards for sexual attractiveness is an act of sex...

DESI-S PIZZA, INC. v. CITY OF WILKES-BARRE

Constitutional Law
In a suit by a restaurant that was shut down by the state court, the Rooker-Feldman doctrine does not bar the plaintiffs' equal protection claim,...

ACLU v. ASHCROFT

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Media Law
On remand from the Sup. Ct., the District Court did not abuse its discretion in granting an injunction against the enforcement of the Child Online...

OREGON ADVOCACY CTR. v. MINK

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
A state mental hospital, charged with evaluating and treating mentally incapacitated criminal defendants, violated the due process rights of certain...