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Estate of Oliva v. Dep't of Law & Pub. Safety

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by the estate of a now deceased state trooper who committed suicide, claiming harassment by numerous individuals connected with the State...

Vince v. Rock County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's civil rights suit, arising from a beating he suffered by inmates in a county jail, claiming that he should not have been h0oused in the...

Thomas v. Cook County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a county, county sheriff, and correctional officers, arising from her son's death of pneumococcal...

Jenevein v. Willing

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action by a censured state judge against the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct seeking to have the censure expunged from his record,...

Khatib v. Cty. of Orange

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action alleging a violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) because correctional officers required...

Hui v. Castaneda

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action raising medical negligence claims against the U.S. under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and the Bivens doctrine, a denial of...

Edison v. Douberly

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In an action by a prisoner alleging violations of the American With Disabilities Act (ADA), summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the term...

Plata v. Schwarzenegger

Government Law, Health Law, Remedies, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a class action challenge deficiencies in prison medical care that allegedly violated the Eighth Amendment and the Americans with Disabilities Act,...

Arizona v. Harkins Amusement Enters.

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Entertainment Law, Health Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) action claiming discriminatory accommodations at defendant's movie theaters, dismissal of the action is...

Levan v. George

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's suit against two county sheriff deputies for false arrest and excessive use of force, arising from arrest of plaintiff for disorderly...