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Andonissamy v. Hewlett-Packard Co.

Civil Rights, Cyberspace Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment-discrimination suit alleging a hostile work environment, retaliation, FMLA violations, and assault by a supervisor, summary judgment...

Roeben v. BG Excelsior Ltd. P'ship

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against plaintiff's former employer for age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), summary judgment for...

Humphries v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Family Law, Government Law
California's maintenance of the California's Child Abuse Central Index (CACI), which is a database of known or suspected child abusers, violates the...

Duffield v. Jackson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against several members of the medical staff at a correctional center claiming that they violated his Eighth...

Gill v. Maciejewski

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against defendant-officer alleging the use of excessive force, judgment pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of...

Heritage Constructors, Inc. v. City of Greenwood

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a city for retaliation under the First and Fourteenth Amendments arising from the city's allegedly denying...

Kloch v. Kohl

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Health Law
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 by plaintiff-physician claiming that provisions of Nebraska's Uniform Licensing Law violated the due...

Apollo v. Gyaami

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a lawsuit brought by plaintiff-state prisoner for personal injury sustained while housed at state medical facility, judgment in favor of defendants...

Trigillo v. Snyder

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging termination in retaliation for plaintiff's statements regarding purported misconduct by the state agency which employed her,...

Phelps-Roper v. Nixon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies
In an action challenging a Missouri statute which criminalizes picketing in front of a funeral location or procession, denial of a preliminary...