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Pourmoghani-Esfahani v. Gee

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case alleging that defendant applied excessive force to plaintiff and was deliberately indifferent to her serious medical...

Porro v. Barnes

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an excessive force civil rights action, partial judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the due process guarantee was the proper doctrinal...

Sampson v. Buescher

Government Law, Elections, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a First Amendment challenge to a Colorado law requiring that any group of two or more persons that had accepted or made contributions or...

Sykes v. Anderson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In plaintiffs' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 actions against several police officers, asserting claims of false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and...

McCarthy v. City of Cleveland

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against the City of Cleveland, claiming that the city's decision to enforce its traffic camera ordinance...

Kansas City v. Yarco Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action by a city under federal, state, and local law, claiming that defendant maintained a discriminatory curfew at an apartment complex,...

Norman-Nunnery v. Madison Area Tech Coll.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's discrimination and retaliation suit against a college and three of its employees, claiming that she was not hired by the college...

Jones v. Muskegon County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In deceased inmate's father's action raising a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim and state law claims for gross negligence and intentional infliction of...

Cavanaugh v. Woods Cross City

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendant-officer's Tasering of plaintiff violated her rights under the Fourth Amendment by...

Monahan v. Romney

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and several members of the Governor's senior staff claiming that the defendants...