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Raby v. Livingston

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that Texas' method for lethal injection violated plaintiff-death row inmate's right to be free of cruel...

Rushing v. Parker

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action alleging that plaintiff's false arrest violated his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, summary judgment for defendants based on...

Monserrate v. N.Y. State Senate

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections, Government Law
In an action seeking a preliminary injunction that would have unwound the expulsion of state senator Hiram Monserrate from the New York State Senate,...

Taravella v. Town of Wolcott

Civil Rights, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that plaintiff's right to due process was violated when she was fired from municipal employment without a hearing, denial of...

Quigley v. Winter

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a sexual harassment action against plaintiff's landlord under the Fair Housing Act, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed in part where: 1) defendant...

D.C. v. R.R.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by a 15-year-old high student and his parents against other students and their parents, raising a statutory claim under California's...

Stockwell v. City of Harvey

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In white firefighters' suit against a city claiming that it failed to promote them within its fire department because of their race, summary judgment...

Morton v. Hall

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that prison officials' deliberate indifference contributed to a violent assault on plaintiff by inmates,...

Holschen v. Int'l. Union

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a former union painter against the union alleging several violations of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), as...

Griswold v. Cty. of Hillsborough

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by plaintiff, a disabled veteran, claiming that defendants violated his rights under the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 by interfering...