Mark Evers was employed by the University of Colorado at Denver (UCD) as the Managing Director for the Extended Studies Office (the ESO) of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences beginning in 1999. UCD is one of several campuses of the University of Colorado (the University). See Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-101(b). His supervisor was defendant W. James Smith, the Dean of the College. The Ch

Plaintiff-Appellant David Earl Shero appeals from the district court's grant of qualified immunity to Defendants-Appellees Dorothy Parker (city attorney), William Galletly (city manager), and Ivonne Buzzard (city clerk) (collectively "City employees"). He also appeals from the grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee City of Grove, Oklahoma ("the City"). The district court

In this appeal, we consider a copyright owner's efforts to stop an Internet search engine from facilitating access to infringing images. Perfect 10, Inc. sued Google Inc., for infringing Perfect 10's copyrighted photographs of nude models, among other claims. Perfect 10 brought a similar action against Amazon.com and its subsidiary A9.com (collectively, "Amazon.com"). The district co

The Rattlesnake Coalition ("The Coalition") appeals the district court's dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and lack of standing of its action against the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("the EPA"), the Administrator of the EPA, and the City of Missoula ("Missoula"). The Coalition brought suit under the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"), 42 U.S.C.

This case raises First Amendment questions about limiting the participation of non-voters at a New England town meeting.

Miriam and Thomas Curnin, who own property but are not registered to vote in the town of Egremont, Massachusetts, appeal from the district court's refusal to grant a preliminary injunction mandating that they be permitted to speak at Egremont's town meeting. Th

Plaintiff Bryan C. Jolley ("Jolley") appeals from the order of the district court granted summary judgment to Defendants Ronnie Harvell ("Harvell") and Calvert City, Kentucky in this § 1983 action based on an allegedly illegal arrest. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.

I. Background

At approximately 2:00 a.m. on October 6, 2002, Defendant Officer Ronnie D. Harvell, a police

D.L. Anderson's Lakeside Leisure Co., Inc., M. Scott Statz, and Steven Statz filed this action claiming breach of a noncompete clause in an asset purchase agreement and common law tradename infringement. The defendants, Donald Anderson and Anderson Marine, LLC, appeal the judgment against them entered on a jury verdict for $90,000 in compensatory damages and $180,000 in punitive damages, an

Defendants-Appellants Donald Kliment and William Rouse appeal from the district court's denial of their Motion to Dismiss on the basis of qualified immunity. They assert that they are entitled to qualified immunity against Plaintiff-Appellee Ronald Vose's § 1983 claims which allege violations of Vose's First Amendment free speech rights. Vose argues that his speech was protected, and the

Daniel McCarthy, a Newburyport, Massachusetts police officer, brought this action against the former and current chiefs of police, Thomas Cappelluzzo and Thomas H. Howard; fellow police officers Alan Maguire, David Foley and David Knight; former mayors of Newburyport Lisa Mead and Alan Lavender; and the City of Newburyport. McCarthy alleged claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of his Fi

Defendants-Appellants Donald Kliment and William Rouse appeal from the district court's denial of their Motion to Dismiss on the basis of qualified immunity. They assert that they are entitled to qualified immunity against Plaintiff-Appellee Ronald Vose's § 1983 claims which allege violations of Vose's First Amendment free speech rights. Vose argues that his speech was protected, and the

Heide Inman f/k/a Heide Peek sued the Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation and others claiming the school's newspaper defamed her, violated her privacy and caused her emotional distress. An article in the May 2002 edition of the school paper, Smoke Signals, awarded her the "worst reputation" award and said her favorite song was "Underneath Your Clothes." The article reported that she ho

Plaintiffs appeal the district court's order dismissing their suit under Rule 12(b)(6). Plaintiffs, six former distributors of the Houston Chronicle, a newspaper owned by defendants (Hearst), brought this suit against Hearst alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination under Sabine Pilot Service Inc. v. Hauck, 687 S.W.2d 733 (Tex. 1985),1 and antitrust claims. Five of the six plaintif

In this employment discrimination case, a former employee of the Lancaster Jewish Community Center claimed discrimination on the basis of religion (evangelical Christianity) and retaliation for protected EEO activity. The District Court granted summary judgment in favor of the employer.

We first find that we have jurisdiction to hear the appeal although it was filed over 30 days afte

Barbara Robinson and her husband Kent sued Brandtjen & Kluge, Inc., ("B&K"), alleging causes of action based on strict products liability and negligence, as well as a derivative claim based on loss of consortium and a claim for punitive damages. The district court1 granted summary judgment for B&K, and we affirm.

I

Barbara Robinson ("Robinson") worked at Clark Printing, Inc., a p

1. The question presented is whether, under the qualified privilege for reporters first recognized by this Court in State v. St. Peter, 132 Vt. 266, 315 A.2d 254 (1974), a newspaper reporter may properly refuse to testify as to events he witnessed at a public selectboard hearing where such events, though observed by others, are relevant to significant issues in a pending civil lawsuit. We ho

This appeal involves a medical malpractice survival action brought by the decedent's daughter, Appellee Rosamarie Paradez. The decedent, Tranquilino Mendoza, was eighty-one years old and residing in the Comanche Trail Nursing Center in Big Spring, Texas, when he was injured by his roommate. On appeal, all three appellants, Sylvia Casas, Robert Gundling, and Substantively Consolidated Bankrup

Appellants Corporal B. Kurt Price and Corporal Wayne Warren, both former Delaware State Troopers and instructors in the Delaware State Police Firearms Training Unit, appeal from the District Court's grant of judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(b). Price and Warren present two principal issues for review: (1) whether the activities they engaged in w

Plaintiff Judith Karpova (plaintiff or appellant), a resident of New York State and an American citizen, traveled to Iraq in 2003. Purporting to belong to a group known as the Truth, Justice, and Peace Human Shield Action Project (Project), whose aim was to deter the bombing of civilian infrastructure facilities by acting as human shields at such sites in that country, plaintiff claims sh

1 The plaintiffs, Nevin and Denise Pratt (the "Pratts"), filed a defamation claim against the defendants, Mary Ann Nelson and her attorneys (the "Nelsons"). The Pratts' claim arose from statements the Nelsons made and distributed to the media during the course of a press conference.

2 We granted certiorari in this case and are presented with three issues: (1) whether the invited er

This case presents the question whether the names and salaries of public employees earning $100,000 or more per year, including peace officers, are exempt from public disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.).1 The Court of Appeal concluded they are not, because "well-established norms of California public policy and American public employment exclude

Christopher Houseman appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of Publicaciones Paso Del Norte, S.A. DE C.V. d/b/a El Diario de Juarez, (El Diario). Because we conclude that the publication as a matter of law was not defamatory as to him, we affirm.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

El Diario is a Mexican corporation that publishes a Spanish language newspaper, El Diario de Juarez. At the time in

Unknown1 The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office routinely distributes press releases by e-mail to many news media in Arizona and elsewhere. Until recently, among those receiving the Sheriff's Office e-mails was a suburban Phoenix weekly newspaper, the West Valley View. The Sheriff's Office removed the West Valley View from its e-mail list because, it said, the paper did not appear to be "using" the

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

Shortly after a lottery commission employee filed a complaint against the lottery commissioner (Walter Criner), the governor's former chief-of-staff (Mike McKinney) set up a meeting with the executive director for the lottery (Linda Cloud). When Cloud was later questioned by a reporter about the allegations against Criner, she told the reporter that she did not know about the allegations again

Adis M. Vila, former Vice President of External Affairs for the Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC or College) appeals the district court's entry of judgment as a matter of law to Defendant Eduardo Padrón in his official capacity as MDCC President on Vila's First Amendment retaliation claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We are asked to decide whether Padrón failed to renew Vila's employm