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Walsh v. New York Cith Housing Auth.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging claims of sex-based discrimination in violation of Title VII and the New York Human Rights Law, the District Court's grant of...

Guessous v. Fairview Property Investments

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging 42 U.S.C. section 1981 claims for race discrimination hostile work environment and retaliation and Title VII of the Civil Rights...

Cox v. Quinn

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit brought by a prisoner who was severely beaten by a fellow inmate while incarcerated at the Western Virginia Regional Jail, alleging that the...

Garmon v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil rights action brought by a plaintiff who was an alibi witness in her son's murder trial, the District Court's dismissal is reversed where:...

Garrity v. APWU National Labor Organization

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought against a union under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) alleging disability discrimination and retaliation claims, the...

Chang v. County of Los Angeles

Labor & Employment Law, Government Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a government law action, arising after the L.A. County Sheriff's Office provided a defense for three sheriff's deputies under a reservation of...

Paret-Ruiz v. US

Remedies, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Constitutional Law
In a civil action, following the reversal of plaintiff's prison sentence for drug conspiracy after four years imprisonment, the district court's...

Vannoy v. Fed. Reserve Bank of Richmond

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Health Law
In an employment discrimination action, contending that defendant-employer interfered with and retaliated against plaintiff, a former employee, in...

Velez-Ramirez v. Puerto Rico

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a labor and employment action, alleging that defendants discharged plaintiff in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act after she...

Lingo v. City of Salem

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, alleging false arrest without probable cause and unlawful entry of the curtilage of plaintiff’s home, the district...