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Aquilar-Avellaveda v. Terrell

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In the context of prisoner Bivens complaints, only in rare cases will a district court be able to conclude from the face of a complaint that a...

Lettieri v. Equant Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In case alleging wrongful discharge based on gender discrimination and retaliation for complaining, summary judgement for defendant former employer is...

Corrigan v. United States Steel Corp.

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by former nonunion steel industry employees against defendants claiming entitlement to increased retirement benefits and damages...

Bradley v. James

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case brought by a terminated police captain raising a 42 U.S.C. section First Amendment claim, summary judgment for police chief is affirmed as...

Planned Parenthood of Cent. Texas v. Sanchez

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
Following litigation prompted by the Texas Legislature's passage of legislation barring distribution of federal family planning money to entities that...

Williams v. Dallas Indep. Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case brought against former employer-school district claiming that it retaliated against plaintiff for engaging in...

Cooey v. Strickland

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by a prisoner under a sentence of death against the governor of Ohio and a warden challenging the...

Citizens for Peace in Space v. City of Colorado Springs

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, International Law
In an action brought seeking nominal damages under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for an alleged violation of First Amendment rights when defendant-city...

Flowers v. City of Minneapolis

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case brought by African-American plaintiff against a police officer who lived on the same block, arising out of police...

Frederique-Alexandre v. Dep't of Natural & Envtl. Res. of PR

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in a discrimination suit against a government employer where: 1) plaintiff's Title VII discrimination and...