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Booker v. Rountree

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Denial of special motion to strike an abuse of process cross-complaint is affirmed over claim that the cross-complaint arose out of conduct protected...

Reid v. Google, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit against Google by terminated employee alleging wrongful discharge, discrimination, and unfair business practices based on alleged...

Sanchez v. Keisler

Civil Rights, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of a motion to reopen removal proceedings based on a provision of the Violence Against Women Act is granted where...

Brockinton v. City of Sherwood

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a suit brought against a city and several law-enforcement officers under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, alleging violations of his constitutional rights,...

Murphy v. Cockrell

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought against defendant, as an individual and in her official capacity as county property valuation administrator, alleging violations...

Blount v. Stroud

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging claims under the common law tort of retaliatory discharge and under section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, finding in...

Bismullah v. Gates

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Military Law
Government's petition for rehearing, in case involving eight men detained at the Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who sought review of the...

Pruitt v. Mote

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In a prisoner suit alleging sexual assault by a guard, a jury verdict for defendant is reversed where the district court abused its discretion by...

Strong v. State Bd. of Equalization

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Rule promulgated by defendant-board, granting to registered domestic partners certain property tax relief afforded to spouses, is constitutional.

Trafny v. US

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In an action brought against the government by an inmate in a federal correctional institution alleging the Federal Bureau of Prisons has failed to...