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Bromfield v. Mukasey

Civil Rights, Evidence, Immigration Law, International Law
In an immigration case interpreting the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), petition to...

US v. Drake

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case asserting violation of the right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment and the Speedy Trial Act, conviction is affirmed where: 1) the...

Weinbaum v. City of Las Cruces

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In suits under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claiming that defendants-city and school district violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by...

Magyar v. Saint Joseph Reg'l Med. Ctr.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging retaliation in violation of Title VII, summary judgment for defendant-employer is reversed and remanded where: 1) plaintiff...

Germano v. Int'l Profit Ass'n, Inc.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) alleging that defendant declined to hire plaintiff because he was hearing-impaired, summary...

Sanders v. Hayden

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a plaintiff civilly committed as a sexually violent person, alleging violations of civil rights by state officials for cutting the wages...

Hunt v. Sycamore Cmty. Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that defendants violated plaintiff's right to substantive due process by subjecting her to dangerous...

Talley v. Family Dollar Stores of Ohio, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against plaintiff's former employer raising claims of discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Ohio's...

Pignanelli v. Pueblo Sch. Dist. No. 60

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by former middle school drama teacher alleging, inter alia, that defendant-school district caused her loss in...

McDonald v. Caldwell Banker

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection Law, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In a housing discrimination case alleging violation of California's Fair Employment and Housing Act, California's Unruh Act, the federal Fair Housing...