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Los Angeles County v. Rettele

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by residents arising from a police search and detention under circumstances in which police obtained a valid...

DA Mortgage, Inc. v. City of Miami Beach

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In case involving Miami Beach nightclub owner challenging the constitutionality of a noise ordinance that defendant city attempted to enforce against...

Smith v. Frye

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of First Amendment suit against state court judge who had discharged plaintiff from her at-will employment as a magistrate court clerk after...

Hoyos v. Telecorp Communications, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging discrimination in plaintiff's termination and withholding of ERISA benefits, summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed...

Harris v. Kuba

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against two police officers brought by a former prisoner later pardoned on the basis of innocence, summary judgment...

Szabla v. City of Brooklyn Park

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from plaintiff's injuries sustained when he was mistakenly bitten by a police dog, summary judgment for the...

Morgan v. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) case, summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed over claims that the district court erred...

Bradshaw v. School Bd. of Broward County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving a state's purported limitation on judgments against itself and its agencies, judgment against defendant school board finding that...

Andujar v. Rodriguez

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In suit alleging defendant paramedics acted with deliberate indifference to plaintiff's serious medical needs arising after plaintiff jumped from a...

Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roomates.com, LLC

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Cyberspace Law, Landlord Tenant Law
In an action brought against the operator of an online roommate matching website, Roommate.com, alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and...