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Travis v. Bd. of Trustees of the California State Univ.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against the trustees of the California State University for its alleged violation of Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act when they met in a...

Brito v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the BIA's denial of an application for adjustment status is denied where: 1) petitioner failed to exhaust before the agency the...

Card v. City of Everett

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action claiming that defendant-city's display of a six-foot tall granite monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the city...

Smith v. Williams-Ash

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a social worker claiming violation of their due process right to a hearing before the temporary removal of...

In the Matter of Disney Enters., Inc. v. Tax Appeals Tribunal of the State of New York

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Media Law, Tax Law
In an action challenging the validity, under federal law, of New York's franchise tax apportionment formula, a finding that Disney's business...

Mann v. Abel

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action for libel arising out of an article published in an independent newspaper, jury finding that statements in the articles were defamatory...

Air Transport Ass'n of Am., Inc. v. Cuomo

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Transportation
In an action arising from a series of well-publicized incidents in which airline passengers endured lengthy delays grounded on New York runways, some...

Giarratano v. Johnson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a prisoner suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that the Virginia Freedom of Information Act unconstitutionally excludes prisoners from its...

Seymour v. City of Des Moines

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action instituted by a father against a city and police officers arising from his detention during investigations prior to his child's death,...

Fields v. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co.

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit instituted by African-American plaintiff against former employer alleging racial discrimination for her wage disparity from other...