all - Opinion Summaries

Pierce v. Cotuit Fire District

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants on plaintiff-former fire captain's complaint alleging political discrimination in violation of the First Amendment and...

Summers v. Altarum Institute, Corporation

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in an action alleging disability discrimination and failure to accommodate is reversed and remanded, where: 1)...

Koehl v. Bernstein

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Sanctions
The district court's order of sanctions imposed on plaintiff-inmate dismissing his 42 U.S.C. 1983 action with prejudice is affirmed, where: 1) the...

Corr v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Tax Law, Transportation
Dismissal of a putative class action attacking the legality of the toll charged by defendant for use of the Dulles Toll Road is affirmed, where: 1)...

Sharif v. Picone

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment for defendants on plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 excessive force claim is vacated and remanded, where: 1) Federal Rule of Evidence 410...

McColley v. County of Rensselaer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Defendants' appeal from the district court's order denying summary judgment on their claim of qualified immunity for purported violations of the...

US v. Heyer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
The district court's order of civil commitment following an evidentiary hearing finding defendant to be a "sexually dangerous person" is affirmed,...

The Evergreen Association, Inc. v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, False Advertising, Health Law
The district court's order granting plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining Local Law No. 17, which requires pregnancy services...

Kosilek v. Spencer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
The district court's order requiring the defendant, the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, to provide plaintiff-inmate with a...

Grenning v. Miller-Stout

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by a Washington state prisoner who alleged that the continuous...