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Bombaci v. Journal Cmty Publ'g Group

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, summary judgment for defendant-employer on the sexual harassment claim is reversed where...

Christensen v. Titan Distrib., Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an appeal arising from a jury verdict finding an employer discriminated against plaintiff based on his disability and age when it refused to hire...

Reinhart v. Lincoln County

Civil Rights, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action raising a disparate-impact claim under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) against defendants claiming that a new comprehensive land-use plan and...

Demps v. San Francisco Housing Auth.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the summary judgment context, a trial judge-s failure to rule on properly presented objections results in their being impliedly overruled, the...

Jennings v. Univ. of N. Carolina

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Sports Law
In a suit by a college athlete alleging sexual harassment by her coach, summary judgment for defendants is reversed on plaintiff's Title IX and 42...

Williams v. Washington Convention Ctr. Auth.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In suit alleging age discrimination and retaliation, appeal from summary judgment for defendant is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where...

Rowe v. Jones

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In case involving the Inmate Welfare Fund, created following settlement of prisoner civil rights class action suit, dismissal of defendants' motion to...

Spratt v. Rhode Island

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In suit arising out of a prison's refusal to let an inmate preach to his fellow inmates, summary judgment for the defendants is reversed and remanded...

Fuster-Taffanelli v. Fajardo-Velez

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
Dismissal of a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and denial of a subsequent motion for relief from judgment are reversed and remanded...

Andreoli v. Gates

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against employer-agency raising Title VII claims for hostile work environment and retaliation, and a Rehabilitation Act claim for failure...