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J.R. v. Gloria

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' action raising substantive due process claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law claims under Rhode Island negligence law for...

Weintraub v. Bd. of Educ.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that a school district violated plaintiff-teacher's First Amendment rights by retaliating against him based on his filing of a...

Weise v. Casper

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a Bivens action based on the exclusion of plaintiffs, by volunteers acting under government supervision, from a speech by then-President Bush,...

Wallingford v. Olson

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging excessive force by the police, the denial of summary judgment to defendant-officer based on qualified immunity is...

County of Los Angeles v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' action against the County of Los Angeles and officials seeking damages for violation of their civil rights under the Civil Code section...

Doe-2 v. McLean County Unit Dist. No. 5

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's action against a county school district under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. section 1681(a), alleging that...

Reeves v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a hostile work environment action based on the frequent use of gender derogatory language addressed specifically to women as a group in the...

Hawks v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a sex discrimination action, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff failed to timely respond to defendant's motion to dismiss,...

Fox v. Vice

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Sanctions
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on a blackmail letter sent to plaintiff by a rival candidate for the office of police chief, a grant of...

California Corr. Peace Officers Ass'n v. Virga

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Trial court's denial of defendants' requests for attorney's fees, brought after they successfully defended against a claim of civil rights violations...