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Knowlton v. Shaw

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In civil rights action against defendant-state officials by plaintiff whose position was terminated pursuant to a consent agreement between defendants...

Swartz v. Insogna

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In civil rights action by plaintiff-passenger for being stopped, ordered to return to an automobile and arrested for disorderly conduct, following...

Marek v. State of Rhode Island

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's civil rights suit against the State of Rhode Island and others, alleging that the permitting process of a proposed reconstruction of a...

Rivera v. Rochester Genesee Regional Transp. Auth.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In action against employer and supervisor alleging discrimination based on national origin and race, and retaliation, summary judgment for defendants...

Looney v. Black

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In 1983 action against defendant town and officials alleging deprivation of procedural due process and free speech rights when plaintiff' position was...

Barnes-Wallace v. City of San Diego

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a civil rights suit against a city, claiming that leases of land by the city to the Desert Pacific Council, a nonprofit corporation chartered by...

Arce v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Health Law
In plaintiffs' suit against a county, Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, alleging that their...

Jankey v. Lee

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's civil rights suit against a grocery store owner for denying him and other similarly situated disabled person access to the full and...

Evans v. Chalmers

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In plaintiffs' suits against a city, various city officials and police officers, alleging defendants mishandled false rape charges made against...

Sousa v. Marquez

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In 1983 action alleging a violation of a constitutional right to access to the courts based on a state governmental official's purported concealment...