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Sole v. Wyner

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies
In the context of attorney's fee awards in private actions brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and other specified measures designed to secure civil...

Fox v. DeSoto

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Transportation
In an action brought against defendants, an officer and a regional airport authority, arising from plaintiff's arrest and subsequent prosecution for...

Haluck v. Ricoh Elec.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, judgment for defendants is reversed where the trial judge's conduct was sufficiently egregious and pervasive...

McDonald v. Antelope Valley Cmty. Coll. Dist.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging defendant has a 70-year history of discriminatory hiring practices against African-Americans in full time tenure track and faculty...

Martin v. Dep't Of Justice

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In litigation involving repeated attempts to use the Freedom of Information Act to obtain government documents allegedly wrongfully withheld under...

Jordan v. Mosley

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's suit for false arrest and malicious prosecution, partial denial of summary judgment for defendant, plaintiff's niece's husband who is a...

Williams v. Excel Foundry & Mach., Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a former employer alleging that plaintiff's termination violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, summary judgment for...

Weilburg v. Shapiro

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Heck v. Humphrey does not bar prospective plaintiffs, who have not otherwise successfully challenged their...

DeLeon v. City of Corpus Christi

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
A deferred adjudication order is a conviction for the purposes of Heck v. Humphrey's favorable termination rule. In an action brought seeking damages...

Angelucci v. Century Supper Club

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law
In order to state a claim under Civil Code section 52(a), the relevant remedial provision of the Unruh Civil Rights Act, plaintiffs are not required...