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Coral Constr. v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Contracts, Government Law
A decision striking down a San Francisco ordinance calling for race- and gender-conscious remedies to ameliorate the effects of past discrimination in...

Dillard v. Starcon Int'l, Inc.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a workplace suit alleging racial discrimination, enforcement of an oral settlement agreement is affirmed where the magistrate judge did not abuse...

Butler v. Compton

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that defendant-officer violated plaintiff's Fourth Amendment rights by using deception to gain entry into...

Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians v. Ryan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Native American tribe's suit for declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent the Maine Human Rights Commission from hearing an employment...

Aroostook Band of Micmacs v. Ryan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law
A magistrate judge's determination that federal law prevents an agency of the state of Maine from enforcing state employment discrimination laws...

Libel v. Adventure Lands of Am., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought against former employer-amusement park operator under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ERISA, and state law, summary...

Moseley v. Bd. of Educ. of Albuquerque Pub. Sch.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Health Law, Remedies
In an action against a city public school district raising claims under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Rehabilitation...

Roberts v. Barreras

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
The burden of proof for the exhaustion of administrative remedies in a suit governed by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) lies with the...

Meyer v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of Harper County, Oklahoma

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law arising from the involuntary commitment of plaintiff over a weekend to a state...

Mink v. Suthers

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Evidence, Government Law, Media Law
A suit was brought for prospective relief and damages under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, and for violations of the Privacy Protection Act, arising from an...