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Henry v. Milwaukee County

Civil Rights, Juvenile Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit alleging sex discrimination and retaliation by defendant-employer for its policy of assigning some correction officers' shifts in...

Hurlic v. S. California Gas Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against defendant-company and its pension plan alleging that company's amendment of the plan violated both ERISA and the California Fair...

Barr v. Lafon

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In an action brought by high school students in Tennessee desiring to express their southern heritage by wearing clothing depicting the Confederate...

Tyson v. Gannett Co., Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an employee's suit alleging racial discrimination and retaliation, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff provided no...

Disabled Action of Pennsylvania v. S.E. Pennsylvania Transp. Auth.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Construction, Government Law, Transportation
In a challenge under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act to defendant's alteration of two Philadelphia subway...

Grieveson v. Anderson

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit claiming that plaintiff was beaten by other inmates and that his safety and medical needs were neglected by jail...

N. Coast Women's Care Med. Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law
The rights of religious freedom and free speech, as guaranteed in both the federal and the California Constitutions, do not exempt a medical clinic's...

Ibrahim v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action involving the claims of a Malaysian Muslim passenger detained at a U.S. airport because her name is on the federal government's No-Fly...

Alternate Fuels, Inc. v. Cabanas

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In an action against Missouri Department of Natural Resources officials claiming denial of equal protection, tortious interference with contract, and...

RN Solution, Inc. v. Catholic Healthcare W.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a contract matter, order denying defendants' motions to compel arbitration is reversed where: 1) the trial court lacked discretion under Code of...