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City of Key West v. Knowles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Denial of defendants' motion for directed verdict in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit over the burial of plaintiff's deceased husband is reversed where...

Adams v. Groesbeck Indep. Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law
Denial of school district's motion for judgment as a matter of law after a jury verdict in favor of a former girls' athletic coach on his Title VII...

Knapp v. Palisades Charter High Sch.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
In sexual harassment action in which plaintiff student while visiting an incorporated charter high school was subjected to sexual banter and comments...

Connerly v. Schwarzenegger

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In case involving proposition outlawing state discrimination or preferences based on race, gender or national origin, judgment on the pleadings, and...

Hollins v. Methodist Healthcare, Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against a former employer claiming that her termination as a resident in the hospital's Clinical Pastoral Education program violated the...

Griffith v. Coburn

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 civil rights action stemming from an individual's death during his arrest by defendants-police officers, summary judgment...

McNamara v. City of Rittman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a case involving a federal takings claim arising from defendant-city's operation of water wells that allegedly caused damage to plaintiffs, summary...

Lee v. Pine Bluff Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims against a school district and a school's band director arising from the death of her son while...

Hamilton v. Jones

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by a prisoner scheduled for execution to challenge the lethal injection protocol to be used for his...

Herrera v. Lufkin Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for an employer on a Title VII claim alleging a racially hostile work environment is reversed where plaintiff submitted sufficient...