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Poirier v. Massachusetts Dept. of Corr.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil rights action, district court's dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim is affirmed where enforcement of a...

McCullough v. Antolini

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging a wrongful police shooting, denial of Defendants-Officers' qualified immunity is reversed where Defendants...

McCullough v. Antolini

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging a wrongful police shooting, denial of Defendants-Officers' qualified immunity is reversed where Defendants...

Lassiter v. Bremerton

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on a false arrest, judgment for Defendants is affirmed where: 1) the officers had probable cause to arrest...

Lytle v. Bexar Cty.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging a wrongful police shooting, denial of Defendant's qualified immunity is affirmed, where the parties...

Callahan v. Millard Cty.

Civil Rights, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on a warrantless search, summary judgment for Defendants based on qualified immunity is affirmed, where...

Canyon Ferry Rd. Baptist Church v. Unsworth

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Elections
In a First Amendment challenge to state campaign contribution reporting regulations, summary judgment for Defendant is reversed where the state...

Drogosch v. Metcalf

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on a false arrest, denial of summary judgment for Defendant based on qualified immunity is affirmed, where...

Pleasant Grove City v. Summum

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Government Law
In a First Amendment action claiming that Plaintiff was entitled to place a monument in a public park where Defendant city had allowed other...

Wasserman v. Rodacker

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging false imprisonment by a police officer, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where the U.S. properly substituted itself...