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Courie v. Alcoa Wheel & Forged Prods.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff's employer and a union discriminated against him by settling his union grievance via an agreement that branded...

Tsegaye Takele v. Mayo Clinic

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a discrimination and retaliation action brought by an employee, the district court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of defendant...

D.C. v. Harvard-Westlake School

Civil Rights, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging hate crimes, defamation, public disclosure of private facts and various other claims, trial court judgment granting petition to...

Upshaw v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action claiming that Defendant failed to promote Plaintiff on the basis of her race and sex, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed...

Shomo v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action claiming medical indifference in violation of the Eighth Amendment, district court judgment is affirmed in part and vacated in part...

Stoot v. Everett

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging a wrongful interrogation, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed in part, where the pertinent law on...

Abdi Jama v. Esmor Correctional Services, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Government Law, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute over damages and attorney's fees stemming from a Religious Freedom Restoration Act and tort action, district court judgment is vacated...

McBridge v. Grice

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action stemming from an allegedly unlawful arrest brought under 42 U.S.C sec. 1983, district court judgment is affirmed where plaintiff failed...

Estate of Moreland v. Dieter

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement
District court judgment denying plaintiff's motion for a writ of execution to enforce a wrongful death judgment against third party defendant St....

Sensing v. Outback Steakhouse of Florida, LLC

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) plaintiff established a prima facie case of...