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Green v. City of St. Louis

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising out of the reorganization of the City of St. Louis' program for certification of businesses as Minority Business Enterprises or...

Outdoor Media Group, Inc. v. City of Beaumont

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendant-city's now-repealed and replaced billboard ordinance violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments,...

Skaff v. Meridien N. Am. Beverly Hills, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Health Law
In an action brought by a disabled individual against a hotel pursuant to the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and California civil rights laws,...

Beck v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
A determination that a union violated Title VII and breached its duty of fair representation in connection with the termination of one of its members...

Bailey v. City of Port Huron

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action brought by plaintiff alleging that defendant-police department violated her constitutional right to privacy by disclosing her name,...

Henry v. Jones

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a former police officer alleging racial discrimination in his termination from the police force, summary judgment for defendants is...

Berube v. Conley

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In an action against police officers alleging the use of excessive force, denial of summary judgment for the officers is reversed where the facts were...

Reynolds v. DeBuono

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
Judgment enjoining state defendants to supervise New York City officials' compliance with specified obligations under the Food Stamp Act is reversed...

Bruner v. Baker

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Tax Law
In a civil rights suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against the Oklahoma Tax Commission's Special Tax Enforcement Unit (OTC) personnel,...

Digrugilliers v. Consol. City of Indianapolis

Civil Rights, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act alleging that a city's requirement that a church obtain a zoning variance was...