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Cohen v. Longshore

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's denial of his motion to amend his complaint to state claims of false imprisonment and denial of access...

Doe v. Flaherty

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Government Law
In an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, alleging that the former principal of a high school...

Smith v. Almada

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In an action for false arrest, malicious prosecution, and suppression of exculpatory evidence, and raising a substantive due process claim for...

Bonn v. City of Omaha

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff was wrongfully terminated from her position as the Public Safety Auditor for the City of Omaha after she...

Jacobson v. Mott

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action against a police officer under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, claiming that defendant violated plaintiff's rights under the First, Fourth, and...

Dodd v. Jones

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against Missouri police officers, alleging that they failed to protect plaintiff from an intoxicated driver...

Statchen v. Palmer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against police officers, claiming that they used excessive force in arresting him for public intoxication...

Hale v. King

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by disabled inmates who were denied access to prison educational and work programs, a...

Sherman v. Koch

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a student's suit against an Illinois school superintendent and the school district, claiming that Section 1 of the Silent Reflection and Student...

Steller v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Evidence, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In plaintiff's civil action for disability discrimination against her former employer, trial court's interpretation of the parties' settlement...