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Sanders-Burns v. Plano

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive force by police, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part where plaintiff failed to...

Mueller v. Rogers

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Family Law, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant-officer wrongfully removed a sick infant from the custody of her parents, summary judgment...

Manzanares v. Higdon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging an unlawful search, judgment for defendants is reversed where: 1) officers may not remain in a home absent...

Sasco Electric v. CA Fair Employment and Housing Comm'n

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Trial court judgment denying petition for administrative mandate challenging a decision by the Fair Employment and Housing Commission finding the...

Davis v. Barrett

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. 1983, summary judgment for defendant is vacated and remanded where: 1) plaintiff's appeal of...

Boyd v. San Francisco

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive force by the police, judgment for defendants is affirmed where evidence of plaintiff-decedent's...

Talamantes v. Levya

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against jail guards for permitting an attack on plaintiff, dismissal of the complaint is reversed where only those...

James v. Harris County

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive force by the police, judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendant-county is affirmed where...

Mangum v. Action Collection Serv., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In an action against collection agencies under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) for distributing plaintiff's private information,...

Bressi v. Ford

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant-officers stopped plaintiff at an illegal roadblock, summary judgment for defendants is...