Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Civil Rights : From 10/01/04 To 07/01/05
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury And Tort Law |
| Title: | Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales |
| Date: | 06/27/05 |
| Case Number: | 04-278 |
| Summary: | An individual who has obtained a state-law restraining order does not have a constitutionally protected property interest in having the police enforce the restraining order when they have probable cause to believe it has been violated. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Admiralty, Civil Rights, Injury And Tort Law, International Law |
| Title: | Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line |
| Date: | 06/06/05 |
| Case Number: | 03-1388 |
| Summary: | Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is applicable to foreign-flag cruise ships in United States waters except where the statute regulates a vessel's internal affairs. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Injury And Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | Smith v. City of Jackson, Mississippi |
| Date: | 03/30/05 |
| Case Number: | 03-1160 |
| Summary: | Although the "disparate-impact" theory of recovery, for cases brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is cognizable under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the disparate-impact theory's scope is narrower under the ADEA than under Title VII. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Injury And Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | Jackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Educ. |
| Date: | 03/29/05 |
| Case Number: | 02-1672 |
| Summary: | Title IX's private right of action encompasses claims of retaliation against an individual because he has complained about sex discrimination. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Communications Law, Government Law, Injury And Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate |
| Title: | City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams |
| Date: | 03/22/05 |
| Case Number: | 03-1601 |
| Summary: | An individual may not enforce the limitations on local zoning authority, set forth in section 332(c)(7) of the Communications Act, through an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury And Tort Law |
| Title: | Muehler v. Mena |
| Date: | 03/22/05 |
| Case Number: | 03-1423 |
| Summary: | In a section 1983 suit, police officers' detention of defendant in handcuffs during the execution of a search warrant was reasonable and did not violate the Fourth Amendment. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Injury And Tort Law |
| Title: | WILKINSON v. DOTSON |
| Date: | 03/07/05 |
| Case Number: | 03-287 |
| Summary: | State prisoners may challenge the constitutionality of state parole procedures under a section 1983 action for declaratory and injunctive relief; they are not required to seek relief exclusively under the federal habeas corpus statutes. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing |
| Title: | JOHNSON v. CALIFORNIA |
| Date: | 02/23/05 |
| Case Number: | 03-636 |
| Summary: | Strict scrutiny is the proper standard of review for an equal protection challenge to the California Department of Corrections' unwritten policy of racially segregating prisoners in double cells upon entering a new correctional facility. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Per Curiam |
| Title: | CITY OF SAN DIEGO v. ROE |
| Date: | 12/06/04 |
| Case Number: | 03-1669 |
| Summary: | The termination of defendant's employment as a police officer, for selling videotapes of himself engaging in sexually explicit acts, does not violate his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights to freedom of speech. |