Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Civil Rights : From 10/01/00 To 07/01/01
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights |
| Title: | SAUCIER v. KATZ |
| Date: | 06/18/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1977 |
| Summary: | In determining whether qualified immunity applies in civil rights cases, courts must determine whether a right was clearly established in light of the cases' specific contexts, not as a broad general proposition. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | POLLARD v. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. |
| Date: | 06/04/01 |
| Case Number: | 00-763 |
| Summary: | Front pay awards are not an element of compensatory damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1991 so they are not subject to the statutory damages cap. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Sports Law |
| Title: | PGA TOUR, INC. v. MARTIN |
| Date: | 05/29/01 |
| Case Number: | 00-24 |
| Summary: | 42 USC 12182(a) forbids a public accommodation from discriminating against either spectators or competitors on the basis of disability, and use of a golf cart during golf match does not fundamentally alter the game. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Civil Rights |
| Title: | BOOTH v. CHURNER |
| Date: | 05/29/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1964 |
| Summary: | Before filing suit in court, an inmate seeking only money damages must complete a prison administrative process that could provide some sort of relief on the complaint stated, even if the administrative process can result in no award of money. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Civil Rights |
| Title: | BUCKHANNON BD. & CARE HOME, INC. v. W. VIRGINIA DEP'T OF HEALTH & HUMAN RES. |
| Date: | 05/29/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1848 |
| Summary: | The term "prevailing party" for purposes of attorneys' fee awards does not include a party where litigation brought about a voluntary change in the defendant’s conduct, but neverthelss failed to secure a judgment on the merits or a court-ordered consent decree. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Civil Rights |
| Title: | ALEXANDER v. SANDOVAL |
| Date: | 04/24/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1908 |
| Summary: | Private individuals may not sue to enforce disparate-impact regulations promulgated under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 USC 2000d et seq. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections |
| Title: | HUNT v. CROMARTIE |
| Date: | 04/18/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1864 |
| Summary: | A party alleging that a district was improperly drawn in favor of minority group must at least show that the legislature could have achieved non-discrimminatory objectives by other means, where racial identification has a high correlation with party affiliation. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Constitutional Law |
| Title: | SHAW v. MURPHY |
| Date: | 04/18/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1613 |
| Summary: | Inmates do not possess First Amendment right to provide legal assistance to other prisoners. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Evidence, Indian Law |
| Title: | DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR v. KLAMATH WATER USERS PROTECTIVE ASS'N |
| Date: | 03/05/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1871 |
| Summary: | Communications between Indian tribes and the Department of the Interior are not exempt under 5 USC 552(b)(5) from FOIA's disclosure requirements as "inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters" because the tribes are not like paid consultants. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Education Law |
| Title: | BRENTWOOD ACAD. v. TENNESSEE SECONDARY SCH. ATHLETIC ASSOC. |
| Date: | 02/20/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-901 |
| Summary: | An organization overwhelmingly composed of public school officials who act in their official capacity, whose members give up revenue in exchange for membership in the organization providing an integral element of secondary public schooling, is a state actor. |