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Miles Christi Religious Order v. Township of Northville

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by a religious order and two of its members under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and the Federal and...

Jacobs Farm/Del Cabo, Inc. v. W. Farm Serv., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit claiming that pesticides defendant supplied to fields near plaintiff's farm migrated to plaintiff's land, contaminated plaintiff's...

Houbigant, Inc. v. IMG Fragrance Brands, LLC

Civil Procedure
In plaintiff's appeal from the dismissal of a complaint in one of two related cases, the appeal is dismissed where the district court’s order was a...

Eckerman v. Tennesee Dep't of Safety

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a patrolman's civil rights suit claiming that he was demoted from lieutenant to sergeant and suffered other minor employment actions and...

US v. Cone

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a third party's appeal from the district court’s order vacating preliminary orders of forfeiture (POFs) that had become part of the final judgments...

Kovacic v. Villarreal

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against City of Laredo police officers to recover damages for the death of plaintiff's decedent, the denial...

In re: Katrina Canal Breaches Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In an appeal by objecting members of a proposed settlement class of plaintiffs damaged or injured by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita, seeking review of the...

US v. Ramos

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a prosecution of defendant for illegally transporting aliens in Charlestown, Massachusetts, district court's denial of defendant's motion to...

Thomas v. iStar Fin., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff's termination was in retaliation for complaints he had made about his supervisor's alleged misconduct, partial...

MCI Sales & Serv., Inc. v. Hinton

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In plaintiffs' suit against the manufacturer, importer, and distributor of a motorcoach arising from a serious automobile accident, claiming that the...