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Hassan v. City of Minneapolis

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit raising federal civil rights and state law claims arising from an incident in which Minneapolis police officers shot and killed an...

Porto v. Town of Tewksbury

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
In a suit against a school system alleging liability for student-on-student sexual harassment, judgment for plaintiff is vacated and remanded for...

Overstock.com, Inc. v. Gradient Analytics, Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In suit alleging that hedge fund principals and a publisher of subscriber-based analytic reports on public companies stepped over the line into...

Huber v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is not an affirmative action statute and does not require an employer to reassign a qualified disabled...

Ammons-Lewis v. Metro. Water Reclamation Dist.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a local government unit for sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, a jury verdict and district court judgment...

Lin-Jian v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of application for relief from removal via political asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention...

SBC Holdings, Inc. v. Travelers Cas. and Sur. Co.

Civil Rights, Insurance Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant on a declaratory judgement claim seeking a declaration that defendant had a duty to defend plaintiff in a...

King v. Jackson

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging Title VII violation by appellee's forcing appellant to resign for having opposed the appellee's refusal to renew its 2003 Affirmative...

Rogers v. County of San Joaquin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that the conduct of defendant-social worker in removing plaintiffs-children from their home without a...

Noyes v. Kelly Servs.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of employment discrimination and a claim of "reverse" religious discrimination, a plaintiff may raise a triable issue of fact as to...