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Thomas v. Parker

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence
In an action challenging various conditions of plaintiff's confinement at the James Crabtree Correctional Center (JCCC), a prison in the Oklahoma...

Rectrix Aerodrome Ctr., Inc. v. Barnstable Mun. Airport Comm'n

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law
In plaintiff's suit against an airport commission and individual defendants, claiming that it was prevented from competing with defendant in the sale...

Parra v. Neal

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit, brought by registered voters against the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago and its members,...

Simmons v. Navajo County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action against county jail personnel claiming that they negligently permitted the suicide of an inmate, summary judgment for...

EEOC v. Peabody Western Coal Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by the EEOC alleging that, in maintaining its employment preference for Navajo workers, defendant discriminated against non-Navajo...

Jones v. Nat'l. Am. Univ.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that a university failed to promote plaintiff in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), judgment for...

Sides v. Cherry

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a former inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against various prison officials, jury verdict in favor of the defendants is affirmed where: 1)...

Terry v. Hubert

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action brought by a former inmate detained (for about 7 months) following Hurricane Katrina alleging violations of plaintiff's First Amendment...

Zakrzewska v. The New School

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a sexual harassment action, following the New York Court of Appeals' answer to a certified question, a denial of summary judgment to defendant is...

Amore v. Novarro

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming a false arrest, a denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity is reversed where the district...