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Emily Vega v. Eric T. Schneiderman

Habeas Corpus, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Civil Rights
An order of protection prohibiting the petitioner from contacting the victim of her harassment did not place her 'in custody' because the order did...

Husman v. Toyota

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In the case of a Toyota executive manager who alleged that they were terminated on account of his employer's sexual orientation and statements about...

Lamya Brewster v. Beck

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action alleging that the LAPD violated the Fourth Amendment when they refused to release the plaintiff's vehicle from impound until a standard...

Ziglar v. Abbasi

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a putative class action against two classes of federal officials brought by men of Arab or South Asian descent who, following the September 11...

Filler v. Kellett

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 arising out of the alleged malicious prosecution of plaintiff for assault against his then-wife, the...

Irrera v. Humpherys

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a suit brought by a graduate student at a music school, alleging a claim of retaliation for complaining of sexual harassment by a teacher, the...

Retail Digital Network LLC v. Prieto

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
In an action challenging, on First Amendment grounds, California Business and Professions Code section 25503(f)-(h), which prohibits alcohol...

US EEOC v. CONSOL Energy, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Constitutional Law
In an EEOC suit on behalf of an employee, alleging that employer-defendant violated Title VII by constructively discharging the employee instead of...

Sessions v. Morales-Santana

Civil Rights, Family Law, Immigration Law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law
In a case challenging the Immigration and Nationality Act's framework for U.S. citizenship from birth by a child born abroad, when one parent is a U....

Matherly v. Andrews

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner's suit challenging various conditions of his confinement at the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina, the district...