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Parents Involved in Cmty. Sch. v. Seattle Sch. Dist. No. 1

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In cases involving school districts that voluntarily adopted student assignment plans that rely upon race to determine which public schools certain...

Contemporary Servs Corp. v. Staff Pro Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Order granting defendants' special motion to strike the complaint under the anti-SLAPP statute is affirmed over claims that the trial court erred as:...

Forty One News Inc. v. County of Lake

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a county seeking to enjoin enforcement of an adult bookstore regulation, dismissal on grounds of Younger...

Sims-Fingers v. City of Indianapolis

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that a city employee was paid less than some of the male employees in the same department, summary judgment for defendant is...

In re: Rodriguez

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a matter involving a suit brought against plaintiff's former employer, FedEx, alleging racially-based discrimination and retaliation under state...

Pitt v. Dist. of Columbia

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In false arrest case, partial grant of judgment as a matter of law for defendants, after split jury verdict for plaintiffs, is reversed as to: 1)...

Butler v. Dep't of Justice

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Federal prisoner's request to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is denied under the court's supervisory discretion, even though his five prior...

Thompson v. DEA

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In case involving the "three strikes" provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act as it applies to prisoners seeking to proceed in forma pauperis,...

Andrews v. Cervantes

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging, inter alia, a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for cruel and unusual punishment premised on the danger of...

Walton v. US Marshals Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against the U.S. Marshals Service under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 alleging plaintiff was unlawfully discharged due to her hearing...