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Tamas v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In an action against the Department of Social and Health Services and nine of its employees alleging negligence and civil rights violations, a denial...

Guggenheim v. City of Goleta

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the City of Santa Barbara claiming that its rent control ordinance was a taking of plaintiffs' property without compensation, and...

Turman v. Turning Point of Cent. California, Inc.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer for gender discrimination based on disparate treatment and hostile work environment, jury verdict in...

Castle v. Appalachian Tech. Coll.

Civil Rights, Education Law
In an action by a former nursing student, alleging that her suspension from the Licensed Practical Nursing Program at Appalachian Technical College...

Miles Christi Religious Order v. Township of Northville

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by a religious order and two of its members under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and the Federal and...

Mosby-Grant v. City of Hagerstown

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an African-American female's suit against a city alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and a separate race and sex...

Eckerman v. Tennesee Dep't of Safety

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a patrolman's civil rights suit claiming that he was demoted from lieutenant to sergeant and suffered other minor employment actions and...

Kovacic v. Villarreal

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against City of Laredo police officers to recover damages for the death of plaintiff's decedent, the denial...

Lamboy-Ortiz v. Ortiz-Velez

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In former police officers' suit against a mayor and various members of a police department, each of whom belong to the opposition Popular Democratic...

Sallenger v. City of Springfield

Criminal Law & Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an estate's civil rights suit against police officers and a city for causing plaintiff's death during his arrest, claiming that the officers...