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Fairley v. Fermaint

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment on the basis of official immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging intimidation of prison...

Blankenship v. Manchin

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In case arising over a proposed bond amendment to the West Virginia Constitution supported by defendant governor, denial of application for...

Thompson v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law
Denial of motion for a new trial in a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that police officers violated the deceased's Fourth and Fourteenth...

McGowan v. City of Eufala

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit brought by a jailer who was disciplined after an inmate under her supervision committed suicide, which alleged that defendants...

Hatch v. Boulder Town Council

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a civil rights case brought against a city and its Town Planning Commission alleging constitutional violations concerning zoning, permitting and...

Andrews v. Roadway Express Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by four class members of a settled class action discrimination lawsuit to enforce an Order approving a Consent Decree in that action...

Mangiafico v. Blumenthal

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a correctional officer suit against the state attorney general for refusal to represent him in another suit, dismissal of claims against defendant...

Scheidemantle v. Slippery Rock Univ. State Sys. of Higher Educ.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of the qualification prong of a prima facie case of discrimination under Title VII, an employer that hires someone who lacks a job...

Manning v. Tunnell

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal with prejudice, pursuant to the statute of limitations, of a complaint against a county and a contractor-prison operator, based on alleged...

People v. Barton

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
A holding that section 44-4(H) of the City of Rochester's Municipal Code, which addresses aggressive panhandling on sidewalks or alongside roadways,...