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Windsor v. US

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In action of surviving spouse of same sex couple who was denied benefit of spousal deduction under federal law, summary judgment in favor of surviving...

Giles v. Campbell

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a prisoner's suit claiming excessive force and deliberate indifference under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against several officers, district court's...

Diaz v. Jiten Hotel Mgmt., Inc.

Labor & Employment Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer alleging various violations of federal and states laws, including the Age Discrimination in Employment...

Acevedo-Parrilla v. Novartis Ex-Lax, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's age discrimination suit against his former employer, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the employer is reversed...

US v. Briggs

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a due process challenge to pretrial detention brought by defendant facing substantive and conspiratorial drug crimes, the detention order is...

Payne v. Jones

Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In excessive force and battery action against defendant police officer and defendant-city, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed in part and vacated and...

Gonzalez-Cancel v. Partido Nuevo Progresista

Elections, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a suit against the Puerto Rico's Election Commission challenging its decision that plaintiff was not qualified to run for Governor of Puerto Rico...

Jones v. Nationwide Life Ins. Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against his employer under both federal and state disability laws, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the...

Gross v. Rell

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Elder Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In plaintiff's suit against number of defendants, including his conservator, a court-appointed attorney, and a nursing home, asserting both federal...

Fed. Ins. Co. v. Steadfast Ins. Co.

Civil Rights, Insurance Law
In a dispute between insurers over a duty to defend in an action by the United States against their insureds for discrimination under the Fair Housing...