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Harrell v. Fla. Bar

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a First Amendment action by a lawyer who advertised the services of his firm extensively, claiming in a broad facial challenge that nine...

Guy v. City of San Diego

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's denial of his motion for a new trial on damages following a jury verdict reached in his 42 U.S.C....

City of Ontario v. Quon

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action by police officers against the city employing them, claiming that defendants violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the federal...

McGullam v. Cedar Graphics, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging federal and state law claims of a sexually hostile work environment, disparate treatment, and retaliation, summary judgment for...

Blair v. Bethel Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In an action alleging that plaintiff's First Amendment rights were violated when his fellow school board members voted to remove him as their vice...

Univ. of Houston v. Barth

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a tenured professor's suit against the University of Houston under the Whistleblower Act claiming retaliation for reporting contracting and...

Waffle House, Inc. v. Williams

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for sexual harassment against an employer under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA) and common law negligent supervision and...

Benoit v. USDA

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by Fourteen African American farmers alleging that the U.S. Department of Agriculture discriminated against them on the basis of race...

Gonzalez-Fuentes v. Molina

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by former inmates and a petition for habeas relief by inmates, re-imprisoned after being admitted into an...

Davis v. Oregon County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by a pretrial detainee at the Oregon County jail asserting that defendants violated his rights in failing to ensure his safety after a...