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Cordova v. Aragon

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive force by Defendant officers, summary judgment for Defendants based on qualified immunity is...

Cousins v. Lockyer

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that Defendant officials breached their duty to monitor whether Plaintiff's sentence was void and take...

Gray v. Bostic

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging a wrongful arrest, the District Court's attorney's fee award to Plaintiff is vacated, where the District...

Gonzalez-Figueroa v. J.C. Penney Puerto Rico, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, district court judgment is affirmed where the court properly dismissed the age-discrimination relatives'...

Munson v. Del Taco

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Government Law
In an answer to a request of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to decide questions of California law, the California Supreme Court holds that a...

Goodman v. Harris Cty.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive force by Defendant police officer in shooting a suspect, judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed...

Huston v. Procter & Gamble Paper Products Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for sexual harassment and retaliation brought under Title VII, district court grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where...

Douglas v. Noelle

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action for impeding a prisoner's exercise of religion, the dismissal of the complaint is reversed where the mailbox rule...

Thompson v. N. Am. Stainless, LP

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action claiming that Defendant terminated Plaintiff's employment in retaliation for Plaintiff's fiancee's EEOC complaint, summary...

Maldonado v. Fontanes

Civil Rights, Government Law
In a civil rights action involving the seizure and killings of pet cats and dogs, district court judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part...