all - Opinion Summaries

Adamson v. Walgreens

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer on plaintiff's state and federal age discrimination claims is affirmed, where: 1) the district court...

Halsey v. Pfeiffer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in plaintiff's civil rights action arising out his wrongful prosecution and imprisonment for 22 years for crimes that...

Stockwell v. City and County of San Francisco

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's denial of a request for certification of a class composed of certain San Francisco police officers is reversed and remanded,...

Schuette v. BAMN

Education Law, Elections, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
An amendment to the Constitution of the State of Michigan, approved and enacted by its voters, which prohibits the use of race-based preferences as...

Diaz-Carrasquillo v. Garcia-Padilla

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an interlocutory appeal from a preliminary injunction issued in favor of plaintiff, who sued the Governor of Puerto Rico and other officials for...

Jackson v. Barnes

Civil Rights
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, related to Miranda violations that resulted from the vacation of plaintiff's initial first degree murder...

Rivera-Diaz v. Humana Health Plans of Puerto Rico

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's action against defendant-former employer alleging claims of discrimination and retaliation under the Americans with...

Thomas v. Cumberland County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in defendant-county's favor on plaintiff-inmate's claim for failure to properly train corrections officers following an attack on...

Bartlett v. Department of the Treasury

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint against defendant-former employer, alleging that she had been constructively discharged in violation of the...

Widomski v. State University of New York at Orange

Civil Rights, Education Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-university on plaintiff's claims of discrimination on the basis of a "perceived disability" and retaliation in...