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Western Radio Servs. Co. v. U.S. Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a Bivens action claiming that the Forest Service improperly delayed plaintiff's efforts to construct radio antennae, dismissal of the complaint is...

Dear v. Shinseki

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination case involving claims of race discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment, the district court's grant of...

Gonzalez v. City of Elgin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a case involving allegations of a Fourth Amendment violation against the City of Elgin and numerous Elgin police officers, district court's grant...

Coffman v. Indianapolis Fire Dep't

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a female firefighter against a fire department and several employees alleging sex and disability discrimination, privacy...

Fairley v. Andrews

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a case involving prison guards' suit against other guards, complaint handlers, sheriff, and a County, after plaintiffs' peers allegedly threatened...

In the Matter of the App. of the N.Y. Times. Co. to Unseal Wiretap & Search Warrant Materials

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Media Law
In an appeal from a district court order granting an application by a newspaper to access sealed wiretap applications relating to the investigation of...

Cooper v. U.S. Postal Serv.

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an Establishment Clause challenge to religious displays in a contract postal unit operated by a church, summary judgment for plaintiff is vacated...

Rodriguez v. Hayes

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
In an action seeking a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of plaintiff and a class of aliens detained for more than six months without a bond hearing...

Jan McRaven v. Lt. McMurrian

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil rights case brought by a prisoner claiming deliberate indifference to his medical need, denial of qualified immunity to the defendants is...

Swanson v. Mountain View

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that traffic police for a town issued tickets for infractions committed outside the town's boundaries,...