all - Opinion Summaries

Poventud v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an en banc opinion, summary judgment to defendants on plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims alleging that he was denied access to evidence in...

Gonzales v. California Department of Corrections

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by a California state prisoner who challenged his validation as a gang member and his transfer to...

Cano v. Taylor

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In a 1983 action brought by plaintiff-former prison inmate alleging deliberate indifference to his mental health needs, and violations of his right to...

Taylor v. Nabors Drilling USA, LP

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff-employee in an action alleging hostile work environment sexual harassment is affirmed but modified, where: 1) substantial...

Quezada v. City of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-city and defendant-chief of police in an action in which plaintiff-police officers alleged mistreatment during a...

Snider International Corporation v. Town of Forest Heights

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Evidence
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-towns in a putative class action challenging the constitutionality of the issuance and form of automated...

Matusick v. Erie County Water Authority

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff in an action alleging employment discrimination and harassment is: 1) affirmed in part, where plaintiff presented sufficient...

Alliance for Property Rights and Fiscal Responsibility v. City of Idaho Falls

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Summary judgment for plaintiffs in an action brought by plaintiff-property owners who objected to defendant-city's efforts to condemn easements over...

Wagner v. County of Maricopa

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit by the estate of a man whose death followed alleged mistreatment and the threat of further incarceration in a county jail, the judgment of...

Knapp v. Hogan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Plaintiff-prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 appeal is dismissed, where: 1) plaintiff was disqualified from proceeding in forma pauperis under the...