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Buckland v. Threshold Enter., Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In action to prevent defendant from selling plaintiff's skin cream, sustaining of demurrer to complaint is affirmed over claims that: 1) the trial...

Pintando v. Miami-Dade Housing Agency

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In federal action alleging that defendant-housing authority violated the Florida Whistle-blower Act, as well as state and federal civil rights...

Coleman v. Newburgh Enlarged City Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law
In case involving plaintiff, a disabled child suspended by defendants and who sought injunctive relief to reinstate him, rejection of defendants'...

Experimental Holdings, Inc. v. Farris

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by a disappointed bidder under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law alleging a deprivation of property without due process and...

Peet v. City of Detroit

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 seeking damages from individual Detroit police officers for their alleged unconstitutional seizure...

Ass'n of Cleveland Fire Fighters v. City of Cleveland

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a firefighters union and members challenging Cleveland's residency requirement, grant of defendants' Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal...

Cornejo v. County of San Diego

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, International Law
Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations does not create judicially enforceable rights that may be vindicated by an individual in an...

Zheng v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Immigration Law
Petition for review challenging denial of petitioner's motion to reopen his asylum proceedings is denied where the BIA did not abuse its discretion in...

Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In an action brought claiming defendant-collection agency violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by obtaining, without any FCRA-sanctioned...

Alaska Right to Life Political Action Comm. v. Feldman

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action brought by a PAC against members of the Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct and members of the state bar's Disciplinary Commission...