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Malik v. Dist. of Colum.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an action against prison administrators for indifference to plaintiff's medical needs, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where: 1) no...

Baird v. Renbarger

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an excessive force action brought under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983, district court judgment denying defendant's s motion for summary judgment is affirmed...

Simmons v. N.Y. City Transit Authority

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving attorney's fees, district court judgment is vacated and remanded where the court erred in awarding attorney's fees to...

Simmons v. Galvin

Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law
In a dispute involving the disenfranchisement of incarcerated felons and the Voting Rights Act, district court judgment is reversed in part and...

Hollins v. City of Milwaukee

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 and the First Amendment, district court judgment is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff failed to raise a...

Sherouse v. Ratchner

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging an unlawful arrest, judgment for defendants is affirmed in part where the district court did not abuse its...

Smith v. Ozmint

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action against prison administrators under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) for forcibly shaving plaintiff's...

Bryant v. Jones

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1981 action challenging a county's alleged plan to replace white county managers with African-Americans, denial of qualified...

Merced v. Kasson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action under the Texas Religious Freedom and Restoration Act challenging an ordinance preventing the keeping and slaughter of four-legged...

Hallford v. Allen

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action seeking to enjoin Alabama's lethal injection method of capital punishment, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed...