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Walter v. Pike County, Pennsylvania

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging due-process violations under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and wrongful death and survival claims against town and county officials,...

The Hampton Co. Nat'l Sec. Sur. LLC v. Tunica County Mississippi

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit alleging due-process, equal-protection, and First Amendment violations by a county and its sheriff for the removal of plaintiffs from a...

Kelley v. City of Albuquerque

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendants retaliated against plaintiff-former Albuquerque assistant city attorney in violation of Title VII and state law,...

Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. v. Napolitano

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a facial challenge to the legality of the Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA), judgment in favor of the state is affirmed where: 1) LAWA is not...

Doctor John's v. Wahlen

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action claiming that defendant-city's ordinance regulating sexually oriented businesses violates the First Amendment, summary judgment on remand...

Klemm v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits
In a challenge to denial of social security benefits, summary judgment for the Social Security Administration is affirmed for lack of jurisdiction...

Merrifield v. Lockyer

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law
In a section 1983 case challenging California's pest controller regulation, the grant of summary judgment for the State is affirmed in part and...

Hesse v. Town of Jackson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment termination case brought by a former town attorney against the town's mayor, administrator, clerk, and one of its council members,...

Ford v. Browning

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Elections, Government Law, Tax Law
In a challenge to the placement of two proposed constitutional amendments on the November 2008 ballot by the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission...

Ford v. Browning

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Elections, Tax Law
In a challenge to the placement of two proposed constitutional amendments on the November 2008 ballot by the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission...