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Chavez-Rodriguez v. Santa Fe

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a First Amendment action by a public employee alleging she was retaliated against based on her criticism of her employer, denial of summary...

Jimenez v. WellStar Health Sys.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging racially discriminatory suspension of a physician's medical staff privileges, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1)...

Marez v. Bassett

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an action against a municipal utility regulator alleging that the agency violated the First Amendment by engaging in adverse action against...

Foster v. Booker

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought by inmates against the Michigan Parole Board and the Director of the Michigan of...

V.S. v. Muhammad

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on the termination of plaintiff's parental rights due to an allegedly false diagnosis of shaken baby...

Ragone v. Atlantic Video

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a sexual harassment action, dismissal of the complaint and a grant of defendant's motion to compel arbitration are affirmed where: 1) the fact that...

DeRosa v. Nat'l. Envelope Corp.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging discrimination on account of a medical disability, summary judgment for defendant is vacated where plaintiff's statements on his...

Schuler v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against an accounting firm alleging that the firm refused to make plaintiffs partners because of their ages, in violation of the Age...

McDaniel v. Schenectady

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiffs' appeal from an attorney's fee award in a class action challenging defendant-county's strip search policy, the award is affirmed where...

Kennedy v. City of Cincinnati

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a city, a police officer, and a swimming pool supervisor, for having his pool access denied after...