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Schmidt v. Contra Costa County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Judges & Judiciary
In a section 1983 suit alleging that a policy adopted by the Superior Court's Executive Committee, which rendered plaintiff ineligible to continue to...

Mueller v. Auker

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a civil rights suit against police officers, doctors, and others for forcibly seizing and removing an infant from her parents in order to secure a...

Ross v. Breslin

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a school district employee's suit wrongful termination, claiming in relevant part that her termination was a violation of her First Amendment...

Gonzalez-Maldonado v. MMM Healthcare, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Health Law
In a physicians' suit against HMOs, alleging constitutional and antitrust claims, arising from their cancellation of contracts for refusing to accept...

Acosta v. City of Costa Mesa

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiff's suit against a city and various city officials, challenging the constitutionality of an ordinance that makes it a misdemeanor for...

Lavan v. City of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit against the City of Los Angeles (City) brought by homeless individuals, claiming that the City violated their Fourth and Fourteenth...

Long v. Office of Pers. Mgmt.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' suit brought pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, against the Office of Personnel Management for withholding from disclosure the...

Halajian v. D&B Towing

Constitutional Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit against a towing company for wrongfully withholding his truck for 38 days and requiring him to pay $1,385 before releasing the...

Wood v. Beauclair

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's civil rights suit alleging constitutional violations of the First, Fourth, and Eighth Amendments, claiming that a female prison guard...

Hightower v. City of Boston

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law
In a former police officer's suit challenging the constitutionality of the Massachusetts statutory and administrative scheme for revoking licenses for...