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Petty v. County of Franklin

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from plaintiff-inmate's injuries in a jail fight and the alleged failure of defendants to protect him or...

Chesher v. Neyer

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action lawsuit against a county, county morgue employees, and a private photographer stemming from an "art project" he did at the morgue in...

Ligas v. Maram

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Health Law
In a class action suit under the ADA to require Illinois to provide community-based care for the class of institutionalized developmentally disabled...

Muhammad v. Dallas County Cmty. Supervision & Corr. Dep't

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by a probation officer against a county corrections department claiming race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title...

Byrd v. BT Foods, Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Whether an HIV infected individual is disabled under the ADA or handicapped under the Florida Civil Rights Act turns on the facts of each case. In an...

Almonte v. City of Long Beach

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In civil rights and wrongful discharge case involving defendant city council members' budget vote to eliminate funding for plaintiffs' positions, an...

Baylie v. Fed. Reserve Bank of Chicago

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in a discrimination suit where one plaintiff could not demonstrate that the employer's proffered reasons...

Johnson v. Knorr

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Sentencing
Notwithstanding the contrary rule when a plaintiff is pursuing false arrest charges, a defendant initiating criminal proceedings on multiple charges...

Teen Ranch, Inc. v. Udow

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a case involving constitutional and statutory religious discrimination claims brought by a faith-based service provider contracting with a state...

Equal Opportunity Employment Comm'n v. Jefferson Dental Clinics, PA

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In the context of res judicata and separate actions brought by charging parties and the EEOC, the EEOC serves a public interest sufficiently...