Plaintiffs-Appellants Marylon Marie Boyd, Isabel Gonzales, and Kanani Boyd (the Boyd Family), who are the mother and daughters of Cammerin Boyd (Cammerin), appeal the district court’s judgment in favor of Defendants- Appellees, the City and County of San Francisco and police officers James O’Malley and Timothy Paine (collectively, San Francisco). The Boyd Family alleges that the district court... More...   $0 (08-08-2009 - CA)

This appeal arises from a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint filed by appellees-plaintiffs Kim L. Johnson (“Kimâ€�) and Sun Min Lee (“Sun Minâ€�), in which they were awarded damages from appellant-defendant Officer Angela Walton (“Officer Waltonâ€�) for an illegal search and seizure of their personal property from their home and alleged detention in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments... More...   $0 (03-19-2009 - CA)

This appeal arises from a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint filed by appellees-plaintiffs Kim L. Johnson (“Kimâ€�) and Sun Min Lee (“Sun Minâ€�), in which they were awarded damages from appellant-defendant Officer Angela Walton (“Officer Waltonâ€�) for an illegal search and seizure of their personal property from their home and alleged detention in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments... More...   $0 (03-15-2009 - CA)

In this case, we are asked to determine when a governmental employee is immune from liability for an intentional tort. We hold that MCL 691.1407(3) of the governmental tort liability act (GTLA), which explicitly maintains “the law of intentional torts as it existed before July 7, 1986,â€� grants immunity to governmental employees from intentional-tort liability to the extent allowed by the commo... More...   $0 (01-04-2009 - MI)

Fourth-party plaintiff Jane Doe (“Doeâ€�) appeals from a final judgment in favor of fourth-party defendant National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (“National Unionâ€�). In a prior Massachusetts state court action, Doe obtained a judgment against one of National Union’s insureds, Ed Hovestadt. In this appeal, Doe challenges a final judgment in favor of National Union... More...   $0 (11-13-2008 - MA)

In 1978, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes enacted an ordinance imposing a moratorium on the construction of new homes in the vicinity where landslides had recently occurred. Plaintiffs own vacant lots covered by the moratorium. Some have been waiting over 30 years to build homes on their properties. Plaintiffs’ lots are zoned for single-family dwellings.

Eventually, the city council establ... More...   $0 (10-01-2008 - CA)

Defendant The Salesian Society (the Society) appeals from the judgment entered after a jury determined it was negligent for failing to protect plaintiff Joseph Piscitelli from childhood sexual abuse at the hands of one of the Society’s priests. We reject the Society’s contention that the trial court erred by admitting evidence of another cleric’s sex abuse conviction in order to impeach that... More...   $600000 (08-21-2008 - CA)

Scott L. Howard appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action against several Colorado Department of Corrections (“CDOCâ€�) employees.1 Howard alleges that defendants knew that he had been sexually assaulted by members of a prison gang, but despite this they failed to protect him from future harm by the gang. Although he reported his fears to prison office... More...   $0 (07-30-2008 - CO)

In 1993, Congress enacted a statute regulating the service of homosexual persons in the United States military. 10 U.S.C. § 654 (2007)(the Act). The Act, known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," provides for the separation of members of the military who engage, attempt to engage, intend to engage, or have a propensity to engage in a homosexual act. Id. § 654(b). In the aftermath of this congressional act... More...   $0 (06-12-2008 - MA)

Appellee Comal County sued appellants AVE, Inc. and John Coil, seeking temporary and permanent injunctive relief barring Coil and AVE from operating a sexually oriented business and alleging that they were violating section 243.0075 of the local government code and Comal County Commissioners Court Order Number 10 ("Order 10"). (1) See Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Ann. § 243.0075 (West 2005). The County so... More...   $0 (05-17-2008 - TX)

The issue in this case is whether a cause of action for intentional interference with custody and visitation rights is sustainable by a father, Michael Shannon, against his former wife, Nermeen Khalifa Shannon, and her mother, Afaf Nassar Khalifa ("Appellants"), both of whom fled to Egypt with the couple's two minor children, who remain there. Appellants moved to dismiss the father's complaint... More...   $3017500 (04-11-2008 - MD)

In this successive appeal, the Village of Washington Park ("the Village") challenges the district court's ruling that an ordinance prospectively banning alcohol in strip clubs opened in the future, but permanently exempting existing clubs from the ban, was unconstitutional. We previously determined that the Village's earlier restriction on the number of such clubs was "most likely" unconsti... More...   $0 (04-08-2008 - IL)

Plaintiff initiated an action in tort against the Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, Mt. Angel Abbey, and Charvet, a former priest at the abbey. (1) The action was based on plaintiff's allegations that Charvet masturbated in his presence on one occasion during plaintiff's freshman year of high school at Mt. Angel Seminary and that another priest, Frank, who is now deceased, sexually assaulted him w... More...   $0 (03-19-2008 - OR)

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In April 2005, Richard Reinsdorf's Jeep was seized when he was arrested for soliciting prostitution (Pen. Code, § 647, subd. (b)). In May, he was notified that the City of Los Angeles had initiated forfeiture proceedings under section 41.70 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, which authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles used to solicit prostitution. Reinsdorf challenged the City... More...   $0 (01-09-2008 - CA)

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In this successive appeal, the Village of Washington Park ("the Village") challenges the district court's ruling that an ordinance prospectively banning alcohol in strip clubs opened in the future, but permanently exempting existing clubs from the ban, was unconstitutional. We previously determined that the Village's earlier restriction on the number of such clubs was "most likely" uncon... More...   $0 (11-27-2007 - IL)

LaBerenz was insured under a policy with America... More...   $0 (09-10-2007 - CO)

Two former undercover police officers for the City of Albuquerque brought suit against a local television station, KOB-TV, for broadcasting their identities and their undercover status in the context of their suspected involvement in an alleged incident of sexual assault. The officers were never charged, and about a week after the broadcasts, the city police department announced publicly that i... More...   $0 (07-19-2007 - NM)

The Milwaukee Police Department employed David Kolatski and Alfonso Morales as police officers in its Vice Control Division ("VCD"). Kolatski and Morales were reassigned to street patrol duties after informing an Assistant District Attorney about allegations that Police Chief Arthur Jones and Deputy Chief Monica Ray had harbored the Deputy Chief's brother, who was wanted on felony warran... More...   $0 (07-18-2007 - WI)

Can Sacramento, a charter city, dilute the procedural protections accorded by state laws to those who forfeit the vehicles they allegedly used to facilitate prostitution or various drug transactions? We conclude that because the state laws fully occupy the fields of vehicle forfeiture involving prostitution and drug transactions, areas of statewide concern, they preempt Sacramento's nui... More...   $0 (02-16-2007 - CA)

Section 4–60–140(d) of the Municipal Code of Chicago prohibits establishments licensed to serve alcoholic beverages from permitting any employee, entertainer or patron to engage in "any live act, demonstration, dance or exhibition *** which exposes to public view *** [h]is or her genitals, pubic hair, buttocks *** or [a]ny portion of the female breast at or below the areola thereof." The issue ... More...   $0 (10-18-2006 - IL)

Following a jury trial, defendant Ophelia Rallos, M.D., was found liable for medical malpractice with regard to care rendered to plaintiff Mark Jones connected to an apparently false diagnosis that Jones tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The jury awarded plaintiff damages in the amount of $350,000 and the circuit court denied defendant's posttrial motion. Defendant no... More...   $0 (10-18-2006 - IL)

Dasen claimed that the girls... More...   $2200000 (12-13-2005 - MT)

Petitioner Josef Schroeck is a native and citizen of Germany facing removal from this country. He petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) that affirmed a decision of an immigration judge (IJ) that denied, as a matter of discretion, his applications for a waiver of inadmissibility under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(h)(1)(B), and for adjustment of status based on his m... More...   $0 (11-22-2005 - WY)