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Phillips v. Hust

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The arbitrary denial by prison officials of access to materials the prison routinely made available to inmates for the preparation of legal documents...

Adams v. State of California Dep't of Health Servs.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging civil rights, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and related claims brought against a state health agency and other defendants arising...

EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by the EEOC against Wal-Mart alleging that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it refused to hire an...

Metzger v. DaRosa

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under Illinois Law, section 19c.1 of the Personnel Code does not imply a private right of action for state employees who are retaliated against by...

Collier v. Dickinson

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
In putative class action against executive-level officials at the Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles for selling personal...

Kahle v. Leonard

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by a former detainee, denial of deputy sheriff's motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity is...

Clemmons v. Armontrout

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that defendants' acts caused plaintiff to be wrongfully convicted for murder and placed on death row for...

Williams v. Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. of Ga.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In case involving a gang rape of a college student by members of the football and basketball team, which conduct also constitutes sexual harassment...

Gomez-Perez v. Potter

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a retaliation suit brought under Section 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, summary judgment for defendant US Postal Service is...

Haines City HMA, Inc. v. Carter

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a lawsuit brought by a labor and delivery nurse against her employer under the anti-retaliation provision of the Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA), a...