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Okoro v. Hemingway

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an inmate's action against prison officials alleging that his constitutional rights had been violated by the defendants' enforcement of a policy...

Humphrey v. Mabry

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising from a traffic stop, forcible seizure at gun point, search, and brief restraint of the plaintiff, denial of...

Thao v. City of St. Paul

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit arising from circumstances in which a police officer shot and killed a paranoid schizophrenic individual in his home after his family...

Gretillat v. Care Initiatives

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that plaintiff's employer forced her to retire or be terminated in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and...

Winterrowd v. Nelson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case alleging defendants-troopers used excessive force during a pat-down of plaintiff, denial of summary judgment based on...

Leffman v. Sprint Corp.

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit alleging that Sprint violated Title VII by denying her credit for time that she spent on maternity leave in 1976...

Thomas v. Eby

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that a prison guard retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment rights, dismissal...

White River Amusement Pub, Inc. v. Town of Hartford

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In case involving a public indecency ordinance affecting adult entertainment business offering nude and semi-nude female dancing, as well as food and...

Carpenter v. Con-Way Cent. Express, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a case raising Title VII race discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation claims alleging discrimination based on plaintiff's...

Williams v. City of Carl Junction

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a city and officials alleging that individual defendants violated his First Amendment rights by issuing him...