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Efron v. Mora Development Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate
In a landowner's suit under 42 USC section 1983 alleging a federal takings claim and a pendent claim, later dismissed without prejudice, under Puerto...

D.B. v. Esposito

Civil Rights, Education Law
In a case challenging a developmentally disabled child's individualized education program (IEP), the district court's grant of summary judgment to the...

VanDesande v. US

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by an employee of the US Postal Service (USPS) alleging that the government breached a settlement agreement to resolve her Title VII...

E.M.A. v. Cansler

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In a contest between the victim of medical malpractice and the State of North Carolina over the proceeds from a lump-sum settlement of the malpractice...

Cuff v. Valley Central School District

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a suit under 42 USC section 1983 by parents of an elementary school student, alleging that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was...

Emeldi v. University of Oregon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a suit alleging that a university prevented the plaintiff from completing a Ph.D. program in retaliation for having complained of gender-based...

Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that a state employer violated the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 USC section 2612(a)(1)(D), by denying the plaintiff...

Gerner v. County of Chesterfield

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII sex discrimination suit alleging that the plaintiff's former employer offered her a less favorable severance package than that offered...

McDonough v. Donahoe

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit raising a disability-based hostile work environment claim under the Rehabilitation Act, the district court's grant of summary judgment in...

Brown v. City of Syracuse

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a former police officer against the city that employed him and certain police officers, alleging racial discrimination and disparate...