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Hartman v. Workman

Civil Rights, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against a county alleging general violations of procedural due process and a conspiracy to deprive plaintiff of property without...

Sanders v. City of Minneapolis

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Sanctions
Dismissal of wife's civil lawsuit related to the shooting death of her husband by Minneapolis police officers, and a sanction entered against her...

Ambrose v. Young

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against corrections officials alleging they violated an inmate's Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect him...

Deschenie v. Bd. of Educ. of Cent. Consol. Sch. Dist. No. 22

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In a former employee's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a board of education and additional individuals alleging defendants took adverse employment...

Turner v. Baylor Richardson Med. Ctr.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Adverse rulings against plaintiff on her claims against her employer and a nonprofit alleging racially discriminatory discharge, creation of a hostile...

Chalfant v. Titan Distrib., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A judgment and award in favor of an employee in a disability discrimination case is affirmed over employer's claims that: 1) it was entitled to...

Abbott v. State of Michigan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, ERISA, Government Law
Dismissal of a putative class action brought by inmates alleging that defendants, Michigan and several of its agencies and officials, converted...

Jones v. Bock

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Procedural rules adopted by the Sixth Circuit and other lowers courts, designed to implement the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) exhaustion...

Miller v. Prince George's County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case alleging defendant police officer deliberately or recklessly made material false statements and omissions on a warrant affidavit, ultimately...

De Jesus v. LTT Card Servs., Inc.

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in a Title VII and ADA suit is vacated where defendants offered no evidence that they, as...