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Cardoso v. Calbone

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In an inmate's suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 seeking damages arising from a disciplinary proceeding and alleging that defendants abridged...

Wray v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In civil rights action brought after plaintiff prevailed in his habeas proceedings and avoided retrial on armed robbery charges, denial of defendants'...

Marco Outdoor Adver., Inc. v. Reg'l Transit Auth.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that a transit authority deprived plaintiff-advertising company of property without due process of law...

Koch v. Cox

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit against S.E.C. alleging violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the Age...

Spencer v. Staton

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 arising from plaintiff's arrest, summary judgment for defendants-sheriff and detectives...

Andrew M. v. Delaware County Office of Mental Health & Mental Retardation

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Evidence, Health Law
A decision finding that defendant-county agency had violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Rehabilitation Act (RA) by...

New Directions Treatment Servs. v. City of Reading

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law
In a methadone clinic's and patients' facial and as-applied challenge to a Pennsylvania statute that facially singles out methadone clinics and gave...

Johnson v. City of Tulsa

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
A prevailing party in a class-action civil-rights lawsuit may be awarded attorney's fees for post-consent-decree efforts to preserve the fruits of the...

Iqbal v. Hasty

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In case raising issues regarding the defense of qualified immunity for government officials in the aftermath of the events of 9/11, denial of motions...

Maxfield v. Cintas Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a former employee's action alleging race discrimination and violations of the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA),...