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Powers v. Snyder

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
Dismissal of a prisoner's civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is reversed in part where: 1) documents attached to plaintiff's pro se...

Matlaw v. Seymour

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Judgement Enforcement, Sanctions
Attorney's appeal of a settlement agreement between litigants in a housing discrimination dispute is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where attorney...

Canatella v. Van de Kamp

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Cyberspace Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a civil rights suit brought by an attorney against the State Bar of California, officers and another attorney, arising from defendant-attorney's...

Kleiber v. Honda of Am. Mfg., Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by a former employee who was injured off-the-job, alleging that Honda violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing...

Benn v. County of L.A.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts
In suit alleging that defendant-county violated non-profit corporation's procedural and substantive due process rights by placing all of its...

Lee v. York County Sch. Div.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In suit brought by teacher alleging that defendants violated his free speech rights by removing materials he had posted on bulletin boards in his...

Caban-Hernandez v. Phillip Morris USA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging employment discrimination on the basis of national origin after Spanish-speaking employees were given a choice between termination...

Lindsey v. Detroit Entm't, LLC

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Gaming Law
In a civil rights action brought by individuals who were detained by defendant-casino operator's employees for picking up allegedly abandoned tokens...

Rosenbaum v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a civil rights action brought by evangelists who preached a Christian evangelical message in the streets and parks of San Francisco with amplified...

Villegas v. City of Gilroy

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action for damages alleging violations of plaintiffs' First Amendment constitutional rights incident to their exclusion from a city's garlic...