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Ricci v. DeStefano

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action claiming that a city discriminated against white firefighter candidates for a promotion by discarding their test results based...

Broderick v. Evans

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an employment termination action, district court judgment is affirmed where: 1) the evidence was sufficient for a jury to conclude that protected...

Lonberg v. Riverside

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) action against a city for failure to accommodate Plaintiff's disability, an injunction in favor of...

Rendelman v. Rouse

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) for refusal to accommodate Plaintiff prisoner's kosher food...

Hallinan v. Fraternal Order of Police Chicago Lodge No. 7

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought against a union alleging First and Fourteenth Amendment violations pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983, district court judgment...

Safford Unified Sch. Dist. No. 1. v. Redding

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging an unlawful search of a student, the denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity is affirmed...

Merriweather v. Zamora

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action for unlawfully opening a prisoner's legal mail, the denial of Defendants' motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds is...

Friedman v. Boucher

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging the unlawful taking of a DNA sample, the dismissal of the action on qualified immunity grounds is...

Reed v. Int'l. Union

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action claiming that Defendant-Union failed to provide a reasonable accommodation for Plaintiff's religious objection to financially...

Reed v. Int'l. Union

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action claiming that Defendant-Union failed to provide a reasonable accommodation for Plaintiff's religious objection to financially...