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Wilson v. Murillo

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a lawsuit brought by a disabled-plaintiff claiming that he was refused service, ridiculed, and harassed by restaurant-defendant in retaliation for...

EEOC v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an interlocutory appeal in an employment age discrimination lawsuit considering whether an employer-defendant's rehire policy can be challenged...

Leary v. Livingston County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case alleging use of excessive force and deliberate indifference after plaintiff was struck by one of the defendants in...

Cook v. Gates

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Military Law
In an action brought by former United States military members who were separated from service challenging the constitutionality of the "Don't Ask,...

Ricci v. Destefano

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In an action arising from an invalidated Civil Services Board exam with racially disproportionate impact, grant of defendants' motion for summary...

Hervey v. County of Koochiching

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action brought by a plaintiff-employee alleging claims of gender discrimination and retaliation based on her participation in protected...

In re: State of Arizona

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Petition for a writ of prohibition brought by the state of Arizona, as well as its AG and assistant AG, to prohibit the district court from enforcing...

Carver v. Lehman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit asserting that correctional officials denied plaintiff early release into community custody without affording him due...

Engquist v. Oregon Dep't of Agric.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The "class-of-one" theory of equal protection does not apply in the context of public employment. Thus, a public employee cannot state a claim under...

Elsensohn v. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming alleged interference with, restraint, and denial of plaintiff's rights under the Family Medical Leave Act, dismissal of the...