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Finstuen v. Crutcher

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law
In the context of recognition of adoptions by same-sex couples, final adoption orders by a state court of competent jurisdiction are judgments that...

Darr v. Town of Telluride, Colorado

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case brought arising from defendant-town's termination of plaintiff-deputy marshal, summary judgment for the town is...

Marra v. Philadelphia Housing Auth.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Jury verdicts for plaintiffs on their claims for unlawful retaliation under the Pennsylvania Human Rights Act are affirmed over claims contesting the...

Rothgery v. Gillespie County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a county alleging violation of plaintiff's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to counsel, summary judgment...

Williams v. Grosse Pointe Park

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a police officer and municipality alleging violation of plaintiff's rights under the Fourth Amendment,...

McGinnis v. Union Pac. R.R.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging sex and age discrimination, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where plaintiff could not establish a prima facie case for...

Payan v. Aramark Mgmt. Servs. Ltd. P'ship

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a Title VII claim is affirmed where, in the absence of evidence of actual receipt of an EEOC right-to-sue letter, the court will apply a...

Barber v. Overton

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit concerning the release of several corrections officers' social security numbers and birth dates to prisoners, summary...

Washington v. Klem

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, state corrections department's restriction on inmates that they possess in...

Jennings v. IL Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against the Illinois Department of Corrections alleging national-origin discrimination, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the...