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Meuir v. Greene County Jail Employees

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a pro se 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that a jail's medical staff was deliberately indifferent to a former prisoner's serious medical...

Dyer v. Lee

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In civil rights suit alleging use of excessive force during arrest, summary judgment for defendants under Heck v. Humphrey 512 U.S. 485 (1994) is...

Thomas v. Guardsmark, LLC

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for retaliatory discharge by an employee who was fired for speaking to the media, award of back pay and damages to plaintiff and denial of...

Poolman v. City of Grafton

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by police officer who was terminated for misconduct, setting forth due process and state law claims,...

Smith v. School Bd. of Orange County

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging race and age discrimination, retaliation, and deprivation of procedural due process, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed over...

Kodl v. Bd. of Educ. Sch. Dist. 45

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging discrimination and retaliation, summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff could not show that the...

Boumehdi v. Plastag Holdings, LLC

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Equal Pay Act, summary judgment for defendant-employer is reversed where:...

Am. Ass'n of Retired Persons v. Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by the AARP challenging an EEOC regulation that would exempt from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) employer...

Altonen v. City of Minneapolis

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a city and its police chief alleging retaliation in violation of the First Amendment for plaintiff's support...

Erickson v. Pardus

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging his constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment were violated by prison...