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Torres v. O'Quinn

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
A former inmate's motion for a refund of the fees collected from his prison trust account in excess of twenty percent, that were taken to satisfy the...

Kennedy v. Town of Billerica

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a Massachusetts town and more than two dozen police officers in their official and personal...

Skrzypczak v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against a Roman Catholic diocese alleging gender and age discrimination, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where Title VII's...

A.A. v. Needville Indep. Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Indian Law
In an action by a Native American boy and his parents challenging a school district's requirement that he wear his long hair in a bun on top of his...

Reeves v. MV Transp. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's age discrimination suit against a company, claiming that he was not selected for an interview and not hired for a staff attorney...

True v. State of Neb.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging the termination of plaintiff's employment at a Nebraska correctional facility because he refused to allow a random,...

Pichardo v. Virgin Islands Comm'r of Labor

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer for wrongful termination, petition for a writ of certiorari is granted and the decision of the...

Breiner v. Nev. Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging the State of Nevada's policy of hiring only female correctional lieutenants at a women's prison, summary judgment for...

O'Donnell v. Boggs

Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former supervisor and Board members claiming tortious interference with contractual relations, district court's grant...

Ruston v. Town Bd.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In a "class of one" equal protection action by property owners, who were denied sewer hookups for their proposed subdivision, against a village, the...