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Sec'y of the Army v. Tecom, Inc.

Civil Rights, Government Contracts
In an action seeking reimbursement for defense costs and settlement payments under the Federal Acquisition Regulations, Armed Services Board of...

Askew v. Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a civil rights action, district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss is reversed and remanded where: 1) the court erred in granting...

Byrd v. Maricopa Cty. Sheriff's Dept.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action by an arrestee alleging an illegal pat down search by a female officer, judgment for Defendants is affirmed where:...

Nichols v. Dancer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that Defendants terminated public employee-Plaintiff for exercising her First Amendment rights, summary judgment for Defendants...

Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action alleging that Plaintiff, who was arrested on suspicion of September-11th terrorist activity, was unconstitutionally detained, the denial...

Pro Football, Inc. v. Harjo

Civil Rights, Intellectual Property, Sports Law, Trademark
In an action challenging the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's determination that a football team's trademark disparaged Native Americans, the...

Drum v. Leeson Elec. Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a sex discrimination action brought under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII, district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant is reversed and...

Iota Xi Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity v. Patterson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In an action by a fraternity at a public university claiming that disciplinary action against it violated the First Amendment, summary judgment for...

Franklin v. Local 2 of the Sheet Metal Workers Int'l Ass'n

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, district court judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the court properly denied relief on...

Plamp v. Mitchell School District No. 17-2

Civil Rights, Education Law
In a battery and discrimination action brought by a student, district court's judgment against plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the court did not err...