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Hervey v. County of Koochiching

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action brought by a plaintiff-employee alleging claims of gender discrimination and retaliation based on her participation in protected...

In re: State of Arizona

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Petition for a writ of prohibition brought by the state of Arizona, as well as its AG and assistant AG, to prohibit the district court from enforcing...

Carver v. Lehman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit asserting that correctional officials denied plaintiff early release into community custody without affording him due...

Biagini v. Beckham

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a dispute concerning activities on a road which defendants had allegedly dedicated to the public, judgment finding plaintiff had no right to trim...

Gallo v. U.S.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by an FAA air traffic controller involving an alleged violation of 5 U.S.C. section 8151, a provision enacted as part of 1974...

Engquist v. Oregon Dep't of Agric.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The "class-of-one" theory of equal protection does not apply in the context of public employment. Thus, a public employee cannot state a claim under...

Allison Engine Co., Inc. v. US ex rel. Sanders

Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In the context of the False Claims Act, it is insufficient for a plaintiff asserting a 31 U.S.C. section 3729(a)(2) claim to show merely that "[t]he...

Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indem. Co.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
A plaintiff asserting a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) claim predicated on mail fraud need not show, either as an element...

FKM Partners, Ltd v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Texas

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A trial court retains jurisdiction over a condemnation action after the condemning authority amends its petition to reduce the amount of property to...

In the Matter of Feola v. Carroll

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
When a police officer is convicted of a misdemeanor with elements which constitute willful deceit, calculated disregard for honest dealings,...