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Hart v. Hodges

Civil Rights, Government Law
In an action against prosecutors and prison officials for violating plaintiff's constitutional rights by having him transferred from federal to state...

O'Neal v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's second employment discrimination suit against the Chicago Police Department (CPD) claiming retaliation and sex discrimination, summary...

Tooley v. Napolitano

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In an action claiming that the government unlawfully wiretapped plaintiff's phone and placed him on a terrorism watch list, dismissal of the action is...

Corey Airport Servs., Inc. v. DeCosta

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
In an action by an advertising display company claiming that defendants conspired to ensure that a competing bidder on a municipal project would be...

Artisan/Am. Corp. v. City of Alvin

Civil Rights, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging that defendant-city's denial of a permit for plaintiff to construct a low-income housing project was motivated by racial animus...

Depree v. Saunders

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a First Amendment action by a state university professor alleging that defendants deprived plaintiff of his ability to teach because he criticized...

Warney v. Monroe Cty.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a civil rights action alleging that the exculpatory result of post-trial DNA testing was not timely disclosed to plaintiff, denial of...

Bloch v. Frischholz

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' Fair Housing Act (FHA) suit against their condo association for being required to remove a mezuzah from their doorpost under a new rule...

Max v. Republican Comm. of Lancaster County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against defendants claiming violation of her First Amendment rights of free speech and expression during...

Thornton v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's disability discrimination action against his former employer under the ADA, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the...