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Lopez-Quinones v. Puerto Rico Nat. Guard

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by a former official of a significant unit within the Puerto Rico National Guard alleging he was terminated...

Am. Council of the Blind v. Paulson

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law
Declaratory judgment against the Secretary of the Treasury holding that the Treasury Department's failure to design and issue paper currency that is...

Callahan v. Fermon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming retaliatory action by plaintiff's superiors arising out of comments made about a cold case and official complaints about his...

Richmond Med. Ctr. for Women v. Herring

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a facial challenge under the Fourteenth Amendment to a Virginia statute that attempts to criminalize "partial birth abortion," which the statute...

Crowe v. Donald

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Motion for stay of plaintiff-prisoner's execution on grounds that Georgia's method of lethal injection constitutes a cruel and unusual punishment is...

Yount v. City of Sacramento

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
The Court of Appeals reversal of the trial court's barring of the defendant's civil claims in an action under section 1983 and common law battery in a...

Batiste-Davis v. Lincare, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a Title VII suit brought against a former employer alleging wrongful termination of employment, judgment for employer is affirmed where: 1)...

Michael C. v. Gresbach

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In an action against a caseworker in the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare alleging a violation of children's Fourth Amendment rights by conducting...

Higgins v. Randall County Sheriff's Office

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In the context of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 20.1, which governs the procedures to establish an appellant's indigence, the Supreme Court of...

Adeyemi v. D.C.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) evidence of comparative...