Civil Rights – No Aid for Private-School Student with ADHD
D.L. v. Baltimore City Board of School Comm’rs Although a student with ADHD qualifies for help under § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Baltimore city school system does not have to extend...
View ArticleCivil Procedure – Foreclosure – Rule 12(b)(6)—Dismissal – Sanctions – Res...
Johnson v. Bank of America Where plaintiff’s complaint was dismissed with prejudice for failing to state a claim, res judicata precludes him from litigating the claims in a subsequent action.
View ArticleCivil Rights – Search & Seizure — Bare-Chested TSA Protest
Tobey v. Jones A young man who protested TSA screening at Richmond International Airport by stripping down to running shorts to reveal the text of the Fourth Amendment across his bare chest may sue TSA...
View ArticleCivil Rights – Prisons & Jails – Gender Reassignment Surgery – Request Denied...
De’Lonta v. Johnson A Virginia inmate who has the condition of Gender Identity Disorder has stated an Eighth Amendment claim for defendant Department of Corrections’ denial of her request for gender...
View ArticleCivil Rights – No Qualified Immunity for Repeated Taser Use
Meyers v. Baltimore County, Md. A police officer who repeatedly used a Taser on a man after he stopped resisting arrest does not have qualified immunity in this civil rights suit filed by the estate of...
View ArticleCivil Rights – Race Discrimination Claim – Municipal – Construction Contract...
Lanier Construction Co. v. City of Clinton Although plaintiff, a minority-owned contractor, was the low bidder for a city construction project, the city manager questioned previous clients of both...
View ArticleCivil Rights – Panhandlers’ First Amendment Claim Survives
Clatterbuck v. City of Charlottesville A district court erred in dismissing plaintiffs’ First Amendment challenge to a Charlottesville city ordinance that restricts panhandling in certain areas; the...
View ArticleCivil Rights – Public Records Act – Arrest Report – Campus Police
Ochsner v. Elon University Our Court of Appeals held that even though the Public Records Act applies to public law enforcement agencies, the Act defines “public law enforcement agency” to mean “a...
View ArticleCivil Rights – Substantial Reason’ for Gun Public Carry Upheld
Woollard v. Gallagher : The 4th Circuit reverses a Maryland federal court’s injunction against enforcement of a state statute that conditions the right to carry a handgun in public on having a “good...
View ArticleCivil Rights – Confederate Flag Shirt Ban Upheld
Hardwick v. Heyward : The 4th Circuit upholds a decision by South Carolina public school officials to prohibit a student from wearing Confederate flag shirts to school, as defendant school officials...
View ArticleCivil Rights – Attorney’s Fee Motion – Elections – Matching Funds Statute –...
North Carolina Right to Life Political Action Committee v. Leake On their second try, plaintiffs were successful in having matching-funds legislation struck down. Although plaintiffs are entitled to an...
View ArticleCivil Rights – Discrimination – Public Utilities – Solid Waste Collection –...
Cedar Greene, LLC v. City of Charlotte While the Court of Appeals’ majority would have upheld the defendant-city’s practice of reimbursing solid waste disposal fees only for its single preferred...
View ArticleCivil Rights – Reclassified Sex Offender Can’t Sue Over School Access
Doe v. Virginia Dep’t of State Police : A defendant who, in 1993 was convicted of carnal knowledge of a minor without use of force, for a relationship with a student under her supervision, does not...
View ArticleCivil Rights – No Fair Housing Claim from HOA’s ATV Denial
Scoggins v. Lee’s Crossing Homeowners Ass’n A homeowners association for Lee’s Crossing subdivision wins a housing discrimination suit under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 filed by a family...
View ArticleCivil Rights – Restaurant LLC’s Race Bias Claims Fail
Painter’s Mill Grille LLC v. Brown An LLC that owned and operated a restaurant and its principals have not stated federal civil rights and Maryland state-law claims against their landlord for an...
View ArticleCivil Rights – No Claim for Adoptive Parents’ Reduced Subsidy
Hensley v. Koller : Adoptive parents whose subsidy under the federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act was reduced by the South Carolina Department of Social Services during a 2002 state budget...
View ArticleCivil Rights – Injunction Vacated in Pregnancy Center Speech Case
Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns Inc. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Md. : A district court erred in permanently enjoining enforcement of a Baltimore city ordinance requiring...
View ArticleCivil Rights – Injunction Upheld in Pregnancy Center Speech Case
Centro Tepeyac v. Montgomery County The 4th Circuit upholds a preliminary injunction against enforcement of a county ordinance requiring limited service pregnancy centers to post signs stating that the...
View ArticleCivil Rights – No Free-Speech Claim from City Flag Law
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Virginia Division v. City of Lexington : Although a Virginia city previously allowed certain private speakers, including a university and a social fraternity, to...
View ArticleCivil Rights – Conditions for Autistic Tenant Showed Bias
Corey v. Sec’y, Dep’t of Housing and Urban Development A landlord violated the Fair Housing Act’s disability discrimination provisions when he required a prospective tenant who cared for her adult...
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