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White v. Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's sexual harassment suit against her former employers seeking $250,000 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages,...

Brooks v. Gaenzle

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action claiming that defendant-officers violated plaintiff's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable seizure by use of excessive...

Elkins v. Summit County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit against a city and multiple officers and detectives on variety of state and federal claims, arising from a conviction for raping...

Spees v. James Marine, Inc.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer and its subsidiary for pregnancy and disability discrimination, district court's grant of summary...

Phillips v. Fulwood

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an action claiming that plaintiff-inmate should be subject to the parole rules in effect at the time of his conviction in determining his...

Robinson v. City of Harvey

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiff's supplemental request for attorneys' fees, seeking compensation for legal work performed to defend against a city's appeal of a 2002...

Dodds v. Richardson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action claiming that defendant-sheriff violated plaintiff's Fourteenth Amendment due process rights by depriving him of his protected liberty...

Fanning v. Potter

Civil Rights, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendant U.S. Postal Service breached a settlement agreement entered into by the parties in 2003 after plaintiff suffered...

Henderson v. Pac. Gas & Elec. Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Public Utilities
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer, PG&E, claiming employment discrimination in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing...

Reid v. Google, Inc.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's age discrimination lawsuit against his former employer, Google, Inc., the court of appeal's reversal of trial court's grant of...