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City of Chicago v. Prologis

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of a counterclaim for inverse condemnation brought against the City of Chicago by bondholders after it brought an eminent domain action against...

Kahn v. Dept. of Justice

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that plaintiff's transfer from South Carolina to an Atlanta Field Division of the DEA was in retaliation for making protected...

Michalowicz v. Vill. of Bedford Park

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging due process violations after plaintiff was terminated for accepting donations from local businesses subject to fire inspection...

Seegmiller v. Laverkin City

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a police officer's action alleging, inter alia, a violation of her substantive due process rights, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where...

In the Matter of Master v. Pohanka

Elections, Government Law
Election Law section 6-120(3) allows a political party's state committee to vest itself with the authority to issue certificates of authorization for...

In the Matter of Conroy v. State Comm. of the Independence Party of New York

Elections, Government Law
In a declaratory judgment action seeking to invalidate an party rule on grounds that the rule conflicted with Election Law section 6-120(3), the court...

Ginger v. District of Columbia

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action raising a claim of racial discrimination and retaliation for having filed a complaint after the Metropolitan Police Department had...

Cook v. Gates

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Military Law
In an action brought by former United States military members who were separated from service challenging the constitutionality of the "Don't Ask,...

Ricci v. Destefano

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In an action arising from an invalidated Civil Services Board exam with racially disproportionate impact, grant of defendants' motion for summary...

US ex rel Wilson v. Graham County Soil & Water Conservation Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law
In an action raising claims under the False Claims Act (FCA), summary judgment for defendants after the district court found that it did not have...