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Walker v. Prince George's Cty.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant-officer wrongfully seized plaintiff's wolf, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed...

Valentino v. Village of South Chicago Heights

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for First Amendment retaliation and retaliatory discharge, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) plaintiff established a...

Sanchez v. Canales

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that plaintiffs were unlawfully detained during defendant-officers' search of their home, district court's...

Cady v. Arenac Cty.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that the state, as a condition for dismissing the criminal assault and battery charges pending against...

Biliski v. Red Clay Consolidated Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment termination action alleging that defendant violated plaintiff's procedural due process rights in terminating his employment, district...

Johnson v. Saville

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a malicious prosecution action, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where defendant acted with probable cause when investigating the charges...

Winspear v. Community Development, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, district court judgment is reversed where the court erred in treating plaintiff's hostile work environment...

Dobbey v. Illinois Dept. of Corrections

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner civil rights action, district court judgment is affirmed in part where the court properly dismissed plaintiff's claim of having been...

Martino v. MCI Communications Services, Inc.

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a discrimination action brought under Age Discrimination in Employment ACt, district court judgment is affirmed where plaintiff failed to show...

Finigan v. Marshall

Civil Rights
District court judgment denying qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 false arrest action is vacated and remanded where defendant had probable...