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State of Texas v. Oakley

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Claims for compensation under Chapter 103 of the Civil Practices and Remedies Code for persons wrongfully imprisoned by the State cannot be brought...

Pruett v. Harris County Bail Bond Bd.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a challenge brought by two bail bondsmen to a Texas statute restricting solicitation of potential customers as a denial of their First Amendment...

Perez v. State of Illinois

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging national origin discrimination, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where defendant failed to prove a Title VII claim...

Reynolds v. Jamison

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging that defendants conspired to violate plaintiff's right to be free from unreasonable seizure, summary...

Loggins v. Kaiser Permanente Int'l

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging termination of employment in retaliation for plaintiff's complaint that her supervisor racially discriminated against her, summary...

Morgan v. Potter

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
When an agency notifies a party of his or her right to sue, and includes in that notification a presumption of receipt, that presumption will be...

Cubas v. Martinez

Civil Rights, Government Law, Immigration Law
Dismissal of challenge to policy of respondent department of motor vehicles that no driver's licenses be issued to applicants who lack valid social...

Griffin v. Sisters of St. Francis, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that plaintiffs were terminated from their positions because of one plaintiff's pregnancy, summary judgment for employer is...

Lane v. City of LaFollette

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by a city's former recreational director against defendants, mayor and officials, arising from plaintiff's...

Owens v. Isaac

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an Iowa inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 actions, dismissal of two cases are reversed and remanded where the district court erred in finding...