102 results for 'judge:"Jackson"'.
J. Jackson dismisses a group of D.C. residents' challenge to a law that allows noncitizen residents to vote in local elections. They fail to show an injury-in-fact and, therefore, lack standing.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv1261, NOS: Constitutionality of State Statutes - Other Suits, Categories: Constitution, Elections, Jurisdiction
J. Jackson grants the business owners' motion to dismiss a trade secrets dispute. The business owner and the income tax preparation service entered into an agreement in which the business owners would operate two locations. After the agreement ended, the income tax service accused the business owners of violating their contract by using confidential trade secrets to lure customers from the franchise to the new income tax service business they had started. The income tax service failed to identify a specific trade secret the new business used to steal their customers.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Virginia, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: March 1, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv355, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: Trade Secrets, Tax, Contract
[Modified.] J. Jackson grants a university's motion for confidential treatment of student identities by modifying multiple paragraphs of a previously published opinion with no change in judgment. A university had jurisdiction over a tenured professor and was within its discretion to both fire him and deny him emeritus status based on undisputed findings that he sexually abused two women who were not university students. The university had the authority to enforce its faculty code of conduct, the professor's conduct was subject to discipline under the code, and he violated ethical principles and impaired the university's central functions. Affirmed.
Court: California Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: March 1, 2024, Case #: A164480, Categories: Employment, Jurisdiction
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J. Jackson transfers a Louisiana lawyer’s claims she was severely “eaten by bed bugs” during her rehabilitation stay at a Virginia-based drug and alcohol facility. The attorney fails to show her multiple payments to the rehab center confers jurisdiction of her payment dispute and bed-bug claims. Significantly, neither litigant requested the transfer. “Transfer, not dismissal, best serves to promote judicial efficiency, conserve the [litigants’] resources and avoid duplication of efforts.”
Court: USDC Middle District of Louisiana, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: February 16, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv114, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: Tort, Jurisdiction, Contract
J. Jackson grants a request by the Army Corps of Engineers to dismiss landowners' claims seeking to reverse its denial of a retroactive permit for their recreational pond, arguing its reforestation plan would cost them $1 million to implement. The district court lacks jurisdiction, as the federal government cannot be sued under state law absent an unequivocally expressed waiver of sovereign immunity.
Court: USDC Middle District of Louisiana, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: February 5, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv478, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Administrative Law, Property, Immunity
J. Jackson finds that a university had jurisdiction over a tenured professor and was within its discretion to both fire him and deny him emeritus status based on undisputed findings that he sexually abused two women who were not university students. The university had the authority to enforce its faculty code of conduct, the professor's conduct was subject to discipline under the code, and he violated ethical principles and impaired the university's central functions. Affirmed.
Court: California Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: February 1, 2024, Case #: A164480, Categories: Employment, Jurisdiction
J. Jackson dismisses a former teacher's contract and due process claims against the district after it failed to rehire him, allegedly in violation of the parties' settlement agreement. The agreement did not contain any obligation the district rehire him, nor has he sufficiently alleged a due process violation.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: January 31, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv2137, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Due Process, Contract
J. Jackson grants summary judgment to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, upholding the agency’s 2014 decision to remove the Louisiana Black Bear from a list of endangered species after determining that its population had recovered from the threat of agricultural land clearing efforts in the early 1990s. The Service’s decision to delist the Louisiana Black Bear was lawful and not arbitrary or capricious, as litigant-nonprofit organizations alleged. The Service’s conclusions about the viability of the current Black Bear population were “based on its reasonable assessment of the best available scientific evidence.”
Court: USDC Middle District of Louisiana, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: January 29, 2024, Case #: 3:20cv651, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Environment, Evidence, Government
J. Jackson grants a bank’s unopposed request for $842,000 in attorney fees arising from a breach of contract suit but denies its “eyepopping” request for $504,000 in legal expenses and costs not normally awarded in federal court. The bank argues its deposit agreement does not limit the types of cost and expenses it should be allowed to recover and the bank should not be limited by federal law either. Ambiguous language in the deposit agreement precludes a finding the bank may seek limitless costs.
Court: USDC Middle District of Louisiana, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: January 19, 2024, Case #: 3:19cv811, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Civil Procedure, Banking / Lending, Attorney Fees
J. Jackson finds that the trial court imposition of a parole revocation restitution fine was improper since defendant's life sentence for murder did not include the possibility of parole. Also, counsel did not display racial animus by telling him to use street slang, which was valid advice intended to preserve his credibility on the stand. Reversed in part.
Court: California Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: January 5, 2024, Case #: A165198, Categories: Murder, Parole, Restitution
J. Jackson grants a post-judgment request by an offshore marine transportation company and sharply reduces a jury’s award of $1.5 million in punitive damages to an employee for shoulder, back and neck injuries suffered in a personnel basket transfer. The employer’s conduct was “hardly reprehensible enough to support such a shocking sum.” The ruling reduces the punitive damages award to an “elevated, but constitutionally tenable” total of $90,000.
Court: USDC Middle District of Louisiana, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: December 21, 2023, Case #: 3:20cv92, NOS: Marine - Contract, Categories: Jury, Maritime, Damages
J. Jackson grants summary judgment to a city, police department and police officer, dismissing false arrest and excessive force claims by a woman the officer Tased without warning after she twice swung a hammer at the head of another woman. The arrested woman failed to offer any evidence to rebut the officer’s version of events, and the Fourth Amendment permits an officer to use reasonable force to subdue a suspect that poses an immediate threat to the safety of others.
Court: USDC Middle District of Louisiana, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: December 19, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv459, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Civil Rights, Constitution, Evidence
J. Jackson-Akiwumi finds that the lower court improperly found for the employer on a warehouse manager's age discrimination claims. The employee was considered an exemplary worker until a new supervisor came on board who managed to fire the employee within 25 days of joining the company. His reasons for being dissatisfied with the employee's performance within such a short time period do not hold up to scrutiny, and emails suggest the supervisor was searching for reasons to support a decision he had already made. Reversed.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: Jackson-Akiwumi, Filed On: December 15, 2023, Case #: 22-1180, Categories: Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination
J. Jackson denies a preliminary injunction to a group of street vendors who challenge the district's "Clean Hands Law," which does not allow a vendor to get a license or permit if the vendor owes $100 in past due taxes, fines, penalties or interest. The vendors cannot show irreparable harm, as they can seek financial relief via a related amnesty program.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: December 1, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv1785, NOS: Constitutionality of State Statutes - Other Suits, Categories: Licensing, Injunction
J. Jackson denies summary judgment to a Louisiana state trooper on her argument that a fleeing car passenger cannot produce sufficient evidence to support his claim she violated his constitutional rights when she shot him in the back during a traffic stop, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Having reviewed a security video in real time, a reasonable jury could find that the trooper’s conduct violated a constitutional right.
Court: USDC Middle District of Louisiana, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: November 28, 2023, Case #: 3:19cv391, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Constitution, Evidence, Police Misconduct
J. Jackson-Akiwumi finds that the bankruptcy court properly disallowed the creditor's claim in its entirety because the matter of the loan's repayment was already decided by a consent agreement. Affirmed.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: Jackson-Akiwumi, Filed On: November 27, 2023, Case #: 22-1424, Categories: Bankruptcy
J. Jackson remands a case challenging a decision to grant a right-of-way to the Utah Department of Transportation for construction of a highway through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area. The government contends more environmental analysis is needed, and has agreed to complete a supplemental environmental impact statement and solicit comments from the public.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: November 16, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv1506, NOS: Environmental Matters - Other Suits, Categories: Environment
J. Jackson grants the well owner's motion to certify class in this action alleging a "breach of the implied duty to market" against the defendant well operator and lessees. The well owner asserts that the defendants improperly deduct royalties for processing "for purposes of obtaining marketability," and the court concludes that it has sufficiently satisfied its burden to establish the case as a class action.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Oklahoma, Judge: Jackson, Filed On: November 8, 2023, Case #: 6:17cv101, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Energy, Class Action
J. Jackson-Akiwumi finds that the lower court properly dismissed a securities fraud suit alleging that a proxy statement disclosing the terms of a merger contained materially misleading statements. The proxy statement contained all required disclosures, and the shareholders cannot save their claims by arguing that the disclosures were not emphasized enough. Affirmed.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: Jackson-Akiwumi, Filed On: November 6, 2023, Case #: 21-3234, Categories: Fraud, Securities