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Williams v. Berney

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising from a Denver business license inspector's physically assault of plaintiffs, owners of a kennel business,...

Rioux v. City of Atlanta

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a civil rights action raising claims of racial discrimination for the demotion of a firefighter, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where:...

Metzger v. Illinois State Police

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against the Illinois State Police alleging retaliation in its failure to promote plaintiff, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed...

Carter v. Burns

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of pro se prisoner's civil rights action against fourteen judges and justices of various Tennessee courts in their official capacities is...

Atanus v. Perry

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action alleging plaintiff's employer discriminated against her on the basis of her race, color, religion, gender and national origin,...

People Against Police Violence v. City of Pittsburgh

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a lawsuit to challenging the constitutionality of Pittsburgh's ordinance regulating expressive activities in public forums, an order awarding...

Habecker v. Town of Estes Park

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a civil rights suit brought by a former trustee of defendant-town, a self-described atheist, arising after he refused to recite the Pledge of...

Chicago Lawyers' Comm. for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. v. Craigslist, Inc.

Civil Rights, Cyberspace Law
In a suit alleging that a website violated the Fair Housing Act by allowing users to post housing notices that stated a discriminatory intent, summary...

Fischer v. Avanade, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging gender discrimination and retaliation on the part of plaintiff's former employer, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in...

Lanier v. City of Woodburn

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a challenge to the constitutionality of a city's policy requiring candidates of choice for city positions to pass a pre-employment drug test as a...