all - Opinion Summaries

WATCHTOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOC'Y OF NEW YORK, INC. v. VILLAGE OF STRATTON

Constitutional Law
Provisions of a village ordinance, making it a misdemeanor to engage in door-to-door neighborhood "canvassing" without first registering with the...

VOGT v. BD. OF COMM'RS OF THE ORLEANS LEVEE DIST.

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a claim based on a levee district's stall in the return of property expropriated in 1924, and failure to repay mineral royalties belonging to the...

IN RE ANGELA C.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law
A parent, who received inadequate notice of a continued hearing prior to an order terminating her parental rights was denied due process, but because...

BARTON v. SUMMERS

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Medicaid recipients with tobacco-related illnesses, seeking to intercept tobacco settlement money due to two States, are barred by the Eleventh...

IN RE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL COMPANY, INC.

Constitutional Law
District of Rhode Island's practice of refusing to place legal memoranda in the case file, for public perusal, violates the First Amendment, but in a...

FIFTH AVE. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH v THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Constitutional Law, Remedies
A preliminary injunction, preventing the City from dispersing homeless individuals sleeping by invitation on a church's landings and steps, was...

HIGGINS v. BEYER

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
A prisoner sufficiently alleged a civil rights violation under 38 U.S.C. section 5301(a), for seizure of money derived from a veteran's disability...

CANATELLA v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Sanctions
Attorney's suit against the California State Bar and others, challenging bar statutes and rules of conduct, were improperly dismissed under the...

MX GROUP, INC. v. CITY OF COVINGTON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
City discriminated against a drug treatment center under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act, because of the center's association with drug addicted...

MOORE v. DETROIT SCH. REFORM BD.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Elections
The Michigan School Reform Act 1) is not subject to the requirements of Article 4 of the Michigan Constitution, 2) did not violate section 2 of the...