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Zakrzewska v. The New School

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Question of whether the Faragher-Ellerth affirmative defense to employer liability applies to sexual harassment and retaliation claims under the New...

Lockhart v. MVM, Inc.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a disability discrimination and retaliation action brought under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, trial court's grant of summary...

Conn v. Reno

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on a prisoner's suicide, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where: 1) a reasonable jury could find...

Hohider v. UPS

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Health Law
District court judgment certifying a class of employees alleging unlawful discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act is reversed where:...

Kraus v. Presidio Trust Facilities Div.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action for employment discrimination by a federal employee, dismissal of the action is reversed where plaintiff was not required to...

Lopez v. Thurmer

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
District court's denial of plaintiff's petition for writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where, although the Wisconsin appellate court applied a...

Waeschle v. Dragovic

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a county Medical Examiner for depriving plaintiff of her right to dispose of her deceased mother's brain...

Brown v. City of Golden Valley

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action alleging excessive force by the police, district court judgment denying defendants' motion for summary judgment based on qualified...

Oscar Renda Contracting Inc. v. Lubbock

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant city violated the First Amendment by denying plaintiff a construction contract, summary...

EEOC v. Central Wholesalers, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action by the EEOC claiming that defendant subjected an employee to a hostile work environment based on her gender and race, summary...