Persons who are arrested by Chicago police officers often are carrying small amounts of cash which the officers seize1 and inventory at the time of arrest. The plaintiffs here were arrestees from whom police officers confiscated small amounts of cash.

The arrestees unsuccessfully sought the return of their money and challenged the City’s policies governing the return of seized funds. Th

Plaintiffs are three nightclubs where women give erotic
dance performances wearing only g-strings and pasties. The
clubs brought First Amendment, vagueness, and overbreadth
challenges to Virginia’s alcohol licensing program, which
allows the clubs to serve beer and wine but not mixed beverages.

Under the standard of intermediate scrutiny applicable
to policies aimed

¶1 Plaintiff-Appellant John Steven Simon appeals the trial court’s judgment dismissing his claims against Defendants-Appellees Maricopa Medical Center (“MMC�), the City of Phoenix Police Department (the “Police Department�), and Officers Borquez, Masad, Coudret, Edwards, Ippel, Smoger, and Burke (collectively, the “Officers�). We reverse the superior court’s orders dismissing the

Plaintiffs are three nightclubs where women give erotic dance performances wearing only g-strings and pasties. The clubs brought First Amendment, vagueness, and overbreadth challenges to Virginia’s alcohol licensing program, which allows the clubs to serve beer and wine but not mixed beverages. Under the standard of intermediate scrutiny applicable to policies aimed at the harmful secondary effe

In this appeal, a police officer challenges the district court’s summary-judgment order denying his request for qualified immunity from a false-arrest action filed under § 1983. We affirm.

I.

On August 10, 2007, Officer Marougi went to Hawthorne Park, located in Pontiac, Michigan, to work undercover in response to “numerous and recurring complaints� about “open sexual activi

Defendant Fulton County, Georgia, concerned about the secondary effects on its communities of the mixture of alcohol and live nude dancing, passed an ordinance in 2001 prohibiting the sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol in adult entertainment establishments. Plaintiffs Flanigan’s Enterprises, Inc., owner and operator of the Mardi Gras strip club, and other owners and operators of strip

Defendants Central Florida Investments, Inc., Westgate Resorts, Inc., Westgate Resorts, Ltd., CFI Sales and Marketing, Ltd., and David Siegel appeal and plaintiff Dawn Georgette Myers cross-appeals the judgment of the district court, after a jury trial, in favor of Myers in the amount of $610,469.84. Myers recovered $103,622.09 in compensatory damages and $506,847.75 in punitive damages arising fr

Indianapolis revised its adult business ordinances in 2003. These amendments expanded the definition of “adult entertainment business� to include any retail outlet that devotes 25% or more of its space or inventory to, or obtains at least 25% of its revenue from, adult books, magazines, films, and devices. (Adult “devices� include vibrators, dildos, and body piercing implements.) See India

A jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff Todd W. Musburger, Ltd., a law firm, against defendant Gary Meier, awarding $68,750 in damages on count II of plaintiff’s verified complaint for services rendered under a theory of quantum meruit.1

On January 30, 2007, the trial court entered judgment on that verdict. Defendant appeals the denial of his posttrial motion and section 2-1401 pe

New Albany DVD operates an adult store in New Albany, Indiana. It does not provide live or recorded entertainment on site. Customers buy books, magazines, or videos, which they read or watch at home. Plaintiff bought land for this operation in 2003, secured all necessary licenses, and renovated the site’s store to meet its requirements. The land was properly zoned for the business it proposed to

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

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

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

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,� grants immunity to governmental employees from intentional-tort liability to the extent allowed by the commo

Fourth-party plaintiff Jane Doe (“Doe�) appeals from a final judgment in favor of fourth-party defendant National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (“National Union�). 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

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

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

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 (“CDOC�) 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

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

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

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

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

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

This case assesses the constitutionality of a Texas statute making it a crime to promote or sell sexual devices. The district court upheld the statute's constitutionality and granted the State's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. We reverse the judgment and hold that the statute has provisions that violate the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

I. The Statute