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Scheehle v. Justices of the Supreme Court of Arizona

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action brought by an Arizona tax lawyer challenging as an unconstitutional taking the Arbitrator Appointment System of an Arizona county,...

Sissoko v. Rocha

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Immigration Law
In an action brought raising Fourth Amendment-based damages claim for false arrest, summary judgment for plaintiff is affirmed in part, but vacated in...

Bakhtiari v. Lutz

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination and civil rights case brought by an Iranian former teaching assistant against a university and its dean, summary...

Pinkerton v. US Dep't of Educ.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
To establish liability in an employment discrimination action under the ADA, the plaintiff must show that disability played a motivating role in the...

Harris v. Chand

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by African-American former employee against ADT Security Services for race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title...

Seawright v. Am. Gen. Fin. Servs., Inc.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal in a state antidiscrimination law and Family and Medical Leave Act case brought by a terminated employee against defendant-employer,...

Doran v. 7-Eleven, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law
In a suit against 7-Eleven under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), summary judgment for 7-Eleven is affirmed in part, but vacated in part and...

Dorsey v. Morgan Stanley

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit raising claims of gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and unlawful retaliation brought by plaintiff-former branch manager...

George v. Smith

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit brought by a Wisconsin prisoner against guards, wardens, nurses, members of the parole board, and others, alleging, inter alia, a failure to...

Longoria v. Dretke

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's pro se action against the Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a warden claiming his right to exercise his religion...