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Fitzgerald v. Action, Inc.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against former employer premised on claims of age discrimination and interference with employment benefits, summary judgment for employer...

Stufflebeam v. Harris

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Arkansas law does not permit a police officer to arrest a person for refusing to identify him or herself when such person is not suspected of other...

Smith v. Int'l Paper Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit against employer for alleged employment retaliation, summary judgment for employer is affirmed where the employee failed to...

Diaz v. Eagle Produce Ltd. P'ship

Agriculture, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by four farm workers under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) after being discharged in the context of a seasonal...

Jones v. City of Cincinatti

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by relatives and representatives of an individual who died after Cincinnati police officers subdued and...

Davenport v. Causey

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising after defendant-officer shot plaintiffs' father during an attempted arrest following a routine traffic...

Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Rommates.com, LLC

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Cyberspace Law, Landlord Tenant Law
In an action brought against the operator of an online roommate matching website, Roommate.com, alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and...

Miller v. Davis

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sentencing
The Governor of California is entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity for his reversal of a parole board's grant of parole where he erroneously...

Osborne v. Dist. Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In an Alaska prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought to compel the Anchorage D.A.'s office to allow him post-conviction access to certain...

Tademy v. Union Pac. Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a Title VII and 42 U.S.C. section 1981 action alleging that defendant-railroad maintained a racially hostile work environment, summary judgment for...