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Howard v. Kansas City Police Dep't

Civil Rights
District court order denying defendant-police officers' motion for summary judgment on plaintiff's claim of excessive force on the basis of qualified...

Harbison v. Little

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action challenging Tennessee's lethal injection protocol under the Eighth Amendment, judgment for Plaintiff is vacated...

In re Shinnecock Smoke Shop

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Indian Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board judgment is affirmed where: 1) the board properly affirmed the rejection of petitioner's trademark application, as...

Moldowan v. Warren

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that Defendants fabricated evidence against Plaintiff in a criminal proceeding, summary judgment for...

Grammer v. John J. Kane Regional Centers

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action brought under the Federal Nursing Home Reform Amendments, district court judgment finding no right of action under the...

Stephens v. Erickson

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for employment discrimination and retaliation, district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff...

Starkey v. Boulder Cty. Soc. Servs.

Civil Rights, Evidence
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that Defendant social services department deprived Plaintiffs of custody of their children based on...

Hunsberger v. Wood

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on a warrantless entry into Plaintiffs' home, the denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity is...

Buchanan-Moore v. County of Milwaukee

Civil Rights
In a civil rights action, district court's grant of defendants' motion to dismiss on the pleadings is affirmed where plaintiffs do not state a claim...

Chapman v. Pier One Imports (U.S.) Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act action alleging failure to provide restroom accommodations in Defendant's store, summary judgment for Defendant...