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Mitchell v. McNeil

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action involving a claim that a city, agencies, and police officers violated plaintiff's substantive due process rights when they permitted a...

Rehrs v. The Iams Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against Iams setting forth a claim of disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state law, summary...

Equal Opportunity Employment Comm'n v. PVNF, L.L.C.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a case in which the EEOC asserted claims of sex discrimination and retaliation under Title VII, judgment as a matter of law and an award of...

Kronemyer v. Internet Movie Data Base, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law
In a dispute with defendant website IMDb, plaintiff claimed he was executive producer of motion pictures "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "Wishcraft"...

Jakimas v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
When an employee is terminated in violation of section 510 of ERISA, the claim accrues for statute of limitations purposes when the decision to...

Mueller v. Winter

Admiralty, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In case involving appellant Naval Lieutenant Commander's challenge to appellees' refusal to remove an assertedly erroneous fitness report from...

Bd. of Educ. of Township High Sch. Dist No. 211 v. Ross

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by the parents of a child with Rett syndrome against a school district and a state...

Ross v. Bd. of Educ. of Township High Sch. Dist. 211

Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Judgement Enforcement
In a suit by a student with Rett syndrome against a school district and its director of special education alleging various violations of her rights,...

Lewis v. Jacks

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Dismissal of prisoner's federal equal protection and retaliation claims, and state law claims, is affirmed as: 1) telling admittedly noisy inmates to...

Whitaker v. Garcetti

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Communications Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a civil rights suit brought against individuals and entities associated with the city and county of L.A. alleging they intercepted plaintiffs'...