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Alvarez v. Hill

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) claims need satisfy only the ordinary requirements of notice pleading, and a complaint's...

Braun v. Ann Arbor Charter Township

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a Takings Clause and Due Process case brought by landowners who sought to rezone their farmland for a trailer park and other residential...

Gann v. Cline

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a county commissioner alleging he violated plaintiff's First Amendment rights by engaging in political...

DeCaire v. Mukasey

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging gender discrimination and retaliation against a U.S. Marshal, judgment for defendant is vacated and remanded for a new trial where:...

Clement v. City of Glendale

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
The government must attempt to notify the owner of a vehicle parked in violation of a valid "planned non-operation" (PNO) certificate before the...

Surrell v. California Water Serv. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of Title VII and the exhaustion requirement, where a plaintiff is entitled to receive a right-to-sue letter from the EEOC, a plaintiff...

Budnick v. Town of Carefree

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Elder Law, Government Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action raising, inter alia, a claim that defendant-town violated the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (FHAA) by denying plaintiffs a Special...

Dearmore v. City of Garland

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Remedies
In the context of attorney's fees awards in circumstances where a party obtains a preliminary injunction but the opposing party moots the case before...

Mondragon v. Thompson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a suit claiming that defendant-officer forged an arrest warrant and illegally imprisoned plaintiff in New Mexico for three months, dismissal of the...

Nolan v. Thompson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by an inmate serving a parolable life sentence for first-degree murder, summary judgment for...