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Moss v. Spartanburg County Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a suit challenging a school policy that allows students to receive two academic credits for off-campus religious instruction offered by private...

Askew v. Trustees Gen Assembly Church

Corp. Governance, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute stemming from an internal schism in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, brought by a plaintiff whose membership...

Noel v. New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Transportation
In an appeal from a temporary injunction requiring all new taxi medallions and street-hail livery licenses issued in the City of New York be limited...

US v. Alvarez

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Military Law, Civil Rights
In a case involving a conviction under the Stolen Valor Act, which makes it a crime to falsely claim receipt of military decorations or medals and...

Patterson v. Domino's Pizza

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a workplace sexual harassment action under the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Government Code section 12940, summary judgment in favor of...

Braunstein v. Arizona Dept. of Transportation

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Transportation
In an action seeing damages based on Arizona's use of an affirmative action program in its award of a 2005 transportation engineering contract, the...

Arizona v. US

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Immigration Law
In a case assessing the constitutionality of an Arizona statute known as S.B. 1070, which was enacted in 2010 to address pressing issues related to...

Jabbar v. Fischer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Transportation
In an action brought by a state inmate who alleged violations of his constitutional rights when he was transported on a bus without a seatbelt and was...

Chavez v. US

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a Bivens action alleging, among other things, that Border Patrol agents violated plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment rights when they repeatedly stopped...

Sydnor v. Fairfax County

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a discrimination case against plaintiff's former employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. section 12101 et seq., for...