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Culosi v. Bullock

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a police officer and others for the fatal shooting of an optometrist, whom the police were...

Raymond James Fin. Servs. Inc. v. Bishop

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
A decision vacating an arbitration panel's award of compensatory damages in favor of three financial advisors arising from their claims of wrongful...

Bixler v. Foster

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In an action by minority shareholders of a corporation against its directors and lawyers, alleging that defendants violated the civil Racketeer...

Cooper v. FAA

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Transportation
In a Privacy Act action based on an exchange of information about plaintiff performed as part of a joint criminal investigation by multiple federal...

Wilkins v. Gaddy

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive force by a correctional officer, a court of appeals' affirmance of dismissal of the complaint is...

Davis v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by the family of a person killed during a Hurricane Katrina rescue operation, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs...

Kramer v. Perez

Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action under Iowa's anti-spam law, judgment against defendant individually is reversed where the district court incorrectly interpreted and...

Bryant v. Military Dep't of the State of Miss.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In an action alleging retaliation against plaintiff for his reporting misconduct by the Mississippi Air National Guard, summary judgment for...

Peacock v. US

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action against the U.S. for alleged breaches in the standard of care by veterans hospitals who operated on plaintiff, dismissal of the action is...

McCann v. Foster Wheeler LLC

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action brought by a plaintiff suffering from mesothelioma alleging exposure to asbestos from boilers manufactured by defendant, court of appeals...