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Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the appeals court vacating the trial court's dismissal of plaintiff's ADA action on the grounds that the defendant was...

New York Civil Liberties Union v. New York City Transit Authority

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Transportation
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought by organization that advocates for open governmental and judicial proceedings to enjoin a policy...

Tiberio v. Allergy Asthma Immunology of Rochester

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
District court judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s disability discrimination claim against her former employer under the Americans with Disabilities...

Alston v. Read

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an appeal from a judgment of the district denying defendants' motion for partial summary judgment in a Section 1983 action for overdetention,...

NAACP v. N. Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court invalidating a residency requirement for firefighter candidates, judgment is affirmed where the...

Nagle v. Marron

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Section 1983 suit brought by a public school special education teacher against a school district, the school's principal and the superintendent...

Feliciano-Hernandez v. Pereira-Castillo

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an appeal from a Rule12(b)(6) dismissal of plaintiff's Section 1983 complaint alleging incarceration beyond the lawful term, judgment is affirmed...

Bravo v. City of Santa Maria

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiffs' Section 1983 action arising from a nighttime SWAT team search of their home,...

Lopez v. Jet Blue Airways

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Transportation
In an appeal from a Rule 12(6) dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for disability discrimination, dismissal is affirmed because: 1) no private right of...

Rosenbaum v. Washoe County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Family Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing, on the grounds of qualified immunity, plaintiffs' Section 1983 complaint for unlawful...