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Robinson v. Tyson Foods, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action brought by plaintiff during the pendency of her Chapter 13 proceedings, summary judgment for defendant on the...

Bolmer v. Oliveira

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on plaintiff's involuntary commitment, denial of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the...

Mansourian v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Sports Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and Title IX action against a university arising after the university required women on the co-ed wrestling team to...

Heartland Acad. Community Church v. Anderson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that state officials conspired to raid plaintiff-school's campus and seize scores of its students, denial...

Nooner v. Norris

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an action challenging the constitutionality of Arkansas's protocol for execution by lethal injection, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed...

Jankey v. Lee

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law
In plaintiff's action against a grocery/liquor store owner claiming discrimination on the basis of his disability because architectural barriers...

Clark v. Riley

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a member of the Board of Trustees for Alabama State University seeking a declaratory judgment that an age limit in Ala. Code section...

Dillon v. Rogers

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive force by prison guards, summary judgment for defendants is vacated where plaintiff never pursued...

Richardson v. Friendly Ice Cream Corp.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's action against her former employer claiming discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Maine...

Miller v. Hersman

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a sex and age discrimination action, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) defendant failed to carry its burden to show that...