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Hinds v. Sprint/United Management, Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination action alleging age discrimination and retaliation against plaintiff for complaining of age discrimination, summary judgment...

York v. City of Las Cruces

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging violations of plaintiff's First and Fourth Amendment claims, denial of qualified immunity for...

Gutierrez v. Johnson & Johnson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action against former employer on grounds of racial discrimination, a petition for permission to appeal a denial of class certification is...

Salamon v. Our Lady of Victory Hosp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against employer alleging sexual discrimination in violation of Title VII and New York Human Rights Law, grant of summary judgment for...

Webb-Edwards v. Orange County Sheriff's Office

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant is affirmed over claims that the district court erred in: 1) dismissing claims of sexual harassment on grounds that...

Morales-Tanon v. Puerto Rico Elec. Power Auth.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action raising political discrimination and due process claims against an employer, grant of employer's motion to dismiss is affirmed where the...

Lindquist v. City of Pasadena

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' claims arising from defendant-city's refusal to grant them a license to operate a used car dealership is reversed and...

Thompson v. Coca Cola Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action involving an employee who was allegedly terminated for taking an unauthorized vacation without giving proper prior notice, summary...

Lowery v. County of Riley

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by a former inmate and his daughter against individuals and municipal entities responsible for his arrest,...

Disability Rights Wisconsin, Inc. v. Walworth County Bd. of Supervisors

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In a suit by an advocacy group alleging that a county's operation of a separate educational facility for disabled children violated Title II of the...