all - Opinion Summaries

BROWN v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIV.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Labor & Employment Law
Entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant, due to insufficient evidence of alleged conspiracy, was an abuse of the court's discretion, where the...

ALBRECHTSEN v. BD. OF REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF WISCONSIN SYS.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Evidence did not support a jury's conclusion that a university retaliated against a professor for taking a stand against sex discrimination, where a...

GALLIMORE v. STATE FARM FIRE & CAS. INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Insurance Law
Alleged wrongful acts of an insurer, in a complaint alleging certain claims handling misconduct and violation of statutory and regulatory rules, were...

PEOPLE v. RAMOS

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's appeal does not assert a valid right to counsel claim, but rather asserts a violation of the prompt-arraignment statute, CPL 140.20, which...

LEWIS v. ANDERSON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, by siblings against social services officials for due process violations in placing plaintiffs with an abusive family,...

MCKINNEY v. IRVING INDEP. SCH. DIST.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A school bus driver's due process claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, based on a state-created danger theory after injuries inflicted by a student,...

WEAVER v. BONNER

Constitutional Law, Elections
Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct provisions, pertaining to communications and solicitations in campaigning for judicial office, are unconstitutional...

MOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUND. v. BUSH

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Appellant failed to present any factual allegation sufficient to warrant review of a dismissed complaint, challenging six Presidential Proclamations...

TULARE COUNTY v. BUSH

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A challenge to a series of monument designations under the Antiquities Act of 1906 contained insufficient factual allegations under FRCP 8(a) to...

MARCHWINSKI v. HOWARD

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The district court erred in issuing a preliminary injunction where it held that only a public safety concern can qualify as a "special need" that may...