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Newkirk v. Vill. of Steger

Civil Rights, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a discrimination and retaliation suit by employees of defendant police department, dismissal with prejudice based on a settlement agreement is...

Zessar v. Keith

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Elections, Government Law
In a class-action suit alleging due-process violations in the rejection of absentee ballots without notice or a hearing, partial summary judgment for...

Lebanon Farms Disposal, Inc. v. County of Lebanon

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In a suit challenging county waste-management ordinances as unconstitutional, partial summary judgment for plaintiff, declaration that the ordinances...

Vondrak v. City of Las Cruces

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against defendants-officers and city claiming illegal arrest, excessive force, inadequate medical...

Keylon v. City of Albuquerque

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that plaintiff's Fourth Amendment rights were violated when she was arrested without probable cause for...

Baychester Shopping Ctr., Inc. v. San Francisco Residential Rent Stabilization & Arbitration Bd.

Administrative Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
San Francisco Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board's decision finding plaintiff-shopping center liable for rent overpayments charged...

Ass'n of Civilian Technicians, Puerto Rico Army Chapter v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Petition for review of an FLRA order disallowing a provision in a labor contract which would have required the National Guard to reimburse employees...

Ford v. County of Grand Traverse

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law
In a civil rights suit against defendants-jail officials and county arising after plaintiff was arrested on a probation violation, taken to jail and...

State of Utah v. US Dep't of the Interior

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In proceedings arising from the proposed settlement of Utah's suit challenging Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) inventory, classification, and...

Melbostad v. Fisher

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a matter involving plaintiff's filing of complaint alleging violations of San Francisco's campaign finance laws by defendant and defendant's...