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Finch v. Peterson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In three white police lieutenants' suit alleging that the City of Indianapolis and its law enforcement Merit Board violated Title VII by subjecting...

Vilela v. Holder

Government Law, Immigration Law
A Brazilian citizen's petition for review of a BIA's final order of removal is denied as substantial evidence supported the IJ's and BIA's conclusions...

Kurns v. A.W. Chesterton Inc.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In plaintiffs' suit on behalf of a decedent, asserting a number of state law causes of action related to decedent's alleged exposure to asbestos...

Delia v. City of Rialto

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a firefighter against the City of Rialto and the Rialto Fire Department, alleging violations of his constitutional rights arising...

Anderson v. City of Hermosa Beach

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a First Amendment challenge to a city's ban on tattoo parlors, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where tattooing is purely expressive...

Chiang v. MBNA

Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Government Law, Immigration Law
In plaintiff's suit against his credit card company claiming that the company, as a furnisher of credit information, violated section 1681s-2(b)(1) by...

Lozano v. City of Hazleton

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' suit against the City of Hazleton to enjoin enforcement of ordinances that attempt to regulate employment of, and provision of rental...

Baseload Energy, Inc. v. Roberts

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's action seeking a declaratory judgment that defendant's patent related to a flying wind turbine was invalid and unenforceable, district...

Byrum v. Office of Pers. Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In deceased federal employee's daughter's claim to death benefits, which were assigned to the daughter after the employee's husband was found civilly...

Spine Solutions, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a suit for infringement of a patent related to intervertebral implants used to replace discs between vertebrae in the spinal column that have...