all - Opinion Summaries

Holmes v. Winter

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Media Law
An order from a New York court directing a reporter to appear in another state pursuant to a subpoena issued from that court should be denied, where,...

Durham v. Jones

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff in an action in which he alleged that he was terminated in retaliation for the exercise of his First Amendment rights is...

Muniz v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's order awarding attorneys' fees to a prevailing plaintiff under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act is: 1) affirmed in...

Horne v. International Union of Painters

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's employment discrimination claim is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiff did not establish a prima facie case of...

Hagen v. City of Eugene

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The district court's denial of defendants' motion for judgment as a matter of law, in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action in which plaintiff alleged that...

Courtney v. Goltz

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Transportation, Water Law
Dismissal of an action in which plaintiffs challenged Washington statutes that require a certificate of "public convenience and necessity" in order to...

Hayes v. County of San Diego

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging violations of plaintiff's and her deceased father's...

State of New York v. Nelson D.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
Defendant's involuntary commitment for Intensive Treatment pursuant to his designation as a sex offender requiring strict and intensive supervision...

Ligon v. City of New York

Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In actions challenging the stop and frisk policy of the N.Y. Police department, defendant-city's motions to modify the Court's stay order of October...

State of New York v. Floyd Y.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
Defendant's civil commitment following a proceeding under the Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act (SOMTA), which authorizes the State to place...