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Morrison v. New York

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on plaintiff's detention at a hospital based on a finding by hospital staff that there was reasonable cause...

Nunez v. Duncan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a Bivens action arising out of an allegedly unlawful strip search of a prisoner, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff...

El-Ganayni v. US Dep't of Energy

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against the Department of Energy (DOE) and its Acting Deputy Secretary claiming that the revocation of his security clearance and...

Cunningham v. Dist. Atty.'s Office for Escambia County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action by a prisoner seeking an order requiring Alabama authorities to send certain evidence to a forensic laboratory of...

Herriman v. Bell

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Elections, Government Law
In an Equal Protection challenge to a Utah statute that allowed cities, through an election open only to residents in the proposed new district, to...

Burg v. Gosselin

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a canine control officer regarding defendant's issuance of a summons due to complaints about plaintiff's...

C.N. v. Willmar Pub. Schs.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Health Law
In an action under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 based on the alleged maltreatment of an autistic...

Myers v. Central Fla. Invs., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a battery and sexual harassment action, partial judgment for plaintiff and for defendants is affirmed where: 1) defendants failed to show that the...

Stewart v. St. Elizabeth's Hosp. & Dist. of Colum. Dept. of Mental Health

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Rehabilitation Act action claiming that defendant-hospital failed to accommodate her disability by refusing her request for a transfer to a...

Farrakhan v. Gregoire

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections
In a Voting Rights Act (VRA) action by minority citizens of Washington state who lost their right to vote pursuant to the state's felon...