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Estate of Paulette Hamilton v. City of N.Y.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII employment discrimination action, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part where: 1) plaintiff could not introduce evidence...

Grobeson v. City of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former police officer's suit against the City of Los Angeles and a commanding officer, for unlawful retaliation and discrimination in violation...

Gomez-Gonzalez v. Rural Opportunities, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer, claiming violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment...

Fiorentino v. Rio Mar Assoc., LP

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a suit brought by a plaintiff and his wife against a hotel for negligence, arising from a swimming accident at the hotel which rendered the...

Simmonds v. Credit Suisse Secs. (USA) LLC

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action allege that the defendant-appellee investment banks violated Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by engaging in...

Wilburn v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging the Social Security Administration's (SSA) denial of Supplemental Security Income benefits to plaintiff, summary judgment for...

Deering v. Nat'l Maint. & Repair, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit under the Jones Act against his employer for injuries sustained in an accident aboard a towboat, district court's dismissal of the...

Anthony v. Am. Gen'l. Fin. Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action challenging defendant American General Financial Services’s assessment of mortgage notary fees that exceeded the statutory maximum set by...

Holt v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action seeking to recover payment under plaintiff's homeowners policy, the denial of summary judgment to defendant based on the statute of...

Third Church of Christ, Scientist, of N.Y. v. City of N.Y.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action seeking a permanent injunction prohibiting New York City from restricting a church's use of its facility for private, catered events...