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Campbell v. Miller

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a city and police officers regarding a strip search of the plaintiff, judgment for one of the...

Martinez v. City of Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against the City of Chicago and two of its police officers, dismissal of the suit for failure to prosecute is...

Baker v. Chisom

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by an arrestee who was choked and tasered in the head while handcuffed, raising claims of excessive force,...

Operation King's Dream v. Connerly

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a suit brought seeking to enjoin the placement on the ballot of a citizen-initiated proposal that would amend Michigan's constitution to prohibit...

West v. Tillman

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In civil rights action involving defendant county jail's procedures for processing court orders relating to inmates, summary judgment for defendants...

Truth v. Kent Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In an action alleging constitutional violations brought against a school district and other defendants arising from plaintiff's attempt to form a...

S.H.A.R.K. v. Metro Parks Serving Summit County

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a suit brought by a non-profit created to expose inhumane treatment of animals, alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. section 1983, the Privacy...

Weisbarth v. Geauga Park Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a First Amendment retaliation action brought by a terminated park ranger alleging that defendant fired her due to comments she made to a consultant...

Curley v. Klem

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights suit brought by a New York Port Authority officer and his wife against a New Jersey state trooper alleging he violated plaintiff's...

Goldstein v. Superior Ct. (Grand Jury of the County of L.A.)

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In connection with federal civil rights action alleging wrongful murder conviction, petition for writ of mandate challenging order of trial court...