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Spiegel v. Schulmann

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law
In an action claiming that defendants violated the anti-retaliation provision of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and related state laws by...

Dique v. New Jersey State Police

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiff's Fourteenth Amendment claim for selective-enforcement, arising from his 1990 traffic stop that led to his conviction for drug related...

Flanory v. Bonn

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In a pro se prisoner's section 1983 suit against various prison officials and others claiming violation of his Eighth Amendment right, dismissal of...

Roman v. Potter

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's Title VII retaliation claims and claims under the Family Medical Leave Act against the United States Postal Service management, summary...

PJ v. Wagner

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action brought by a child and parents arising from the child's life threatening illness against defendants who were involved in a...

Berry v. Peterman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a nurse, a doctor and jail administrator for violating his Eighth Amendment right for refusing to...

Florer v. Congregation Pidyon Shevuyim

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act claiming that defendants improperly denied or...

Porter v. Winter

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging the amount of attorney's fees awarded to plaintiff in Title VII administrative proceedings, dismissal of the complaint for...

Cottier v. City of Martin

Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law
In a Voting Rights Act action claiming that a city ordinance establishing boundaries for three voting wards within the city diluted the votes of...

Penley v. Eslinger

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a civil rights action alleging excessive force by police, summary judgment for defendant-officers is affirmed where the decedent's act of bringing...