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Gates v. City of Chicago

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiffs' suit challenging a city's policies governing the return of seized funds to those arrested by police officers, summary judgment for the...

Northville Downs v. Granholm

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Government Law, Constitutional Law, Gaming Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by operators of horse-racing tracks, claiming that article IV, section 41 of the Michigan Constitution, as...

Henry v. Purnell

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's section 1983 suit against a deputy sheriff claiming that the sheriff used excessive force in effecting his arrest by mistakenly drawing...

Miller v. City of Cincinnati

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' section 1983 suit against the city of Cincinnati, claiming that the city's regulation governing access to the interior spaces of city...

Carver v. City of N.Y.

Civil Rights, Gaming Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a recipient of public assistance against New York City for constitutional violations and violations of the minimum wage laws based on...

County of Los Angeles v. Sahag-Mesrob Armenian Christian Sch.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a county's suit against an Armenian Christian school, claiming violations of zoning code sections 22.20.015 and 22.60.330, for operating "an...

EEOC v. Con-Way Freight, Inc.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by the EEOC claiming that defendant failed to hire a prospective employee because of her race in violation of Title VII, summary judgment...

Lykken v. Brady

Agriculture, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action asserting civil rights violations arising from a search of plaintiffs' farm, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the...

Florence v. Bd. of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit challenging the strip search of plaintiff upon his admission to the general population following his arrest...

Lopez v. Candaele

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a student's First Amendment challenge to a community college sexual harassment policy, a grant of a preliminary injunction in favor of plaintiff is...