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Schaffer v. City and County of San Francisco

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a case against the city and county for violation of plaintiffs civil rights in connection with arrest and prosecution, judgment granting...

Shiver v. Chertoff

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of summary judgment in favor of the government in plaintiff's employment discrimination suit brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is...

Tebo v. Tebo

Civil Rights, Family Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging a civil conspiracy to have plaintiff involuntarily committed for mental treatment, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed...

Madden v. Chattanooga City Wide Svc. Dept.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII wrongful termination claim based on race, grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff is affirmed over claims that the district...

Houskins v. Sheahan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, judgment against a county is reversed where: 1) the defendant's failure to include the issue of...

Rouse v. US Dep't of State

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In an action involving an accuracy claim and an access claim under the Privacy Act, motion to dismiss is affirmed where: 1) there is a statute of...

Sandage v. Bd. Comm'r of Vanderburgh County

Civil Rights, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against county officials claiming that the sheriff's department's failure to act on a harassment complaint deprived...

Royall v. Nat'l Ass'n of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment-discrimination case, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where there was no evidence from which a reasonable jury could find...

Martin v. Toledo Cardiology Consultants, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a case brought by plaintiff-employee lab technician under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of...

Surrey v. TrueBeginnings

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law
In a case of first impression in California involving an online matchmaking service, someone who presents him or herself to a business with the intent...