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Rite Site Coaliton v. LA Unified Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Order denying motion for preliminary injunction seeking to prevent defendants from demolishing 49 units of housing to make way for a new school is...

Adams v. Suozzi

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving defendant county's "lag payroll" procedure on plaintiffs' paychecks, summary judgment for plaintiffs is reversed as: 1) defendants...

Isaacson v. Dow Chem. Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In multidistrict litigation involving seven of sixteen cases where plaintiffs alleged violations of state law by chemical companies who contracted...

In re "Agent Orange" Prod. Liability Litigation

Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In a case brought by U.S. military veterans and their relatives alleging injuries and cancer were caused by exposure to Agent Orange and related...

Madison Two Assocs. v. Pappas

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In consolidated appeals regarding tax assessments for several major commercial buildings in Chicago where the city and the Chicago Board of Education...

DeMayo v. Nugent

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Dismissal, on grounds of qualified immunity, of a suit alleging violation of plaintiff's Fourth Amendment rights is reverse where: 1) plaintiff...

Obriecht v. Frank

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit alleging that plaintiff was denied procedural due process when he was transferred to a mental health facility and forced to take...

Tyrer v. City of South Beloit

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit alleging that a city demolished plaintiff's house without due process of law or just compensation, denial of a motion to lift a stay on...

Davis v. McKinney

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by plaintiff under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for retaliatory discharge in violation of the First Amendment, denial of defendant's...

Metcalf v. County of San Joaquin

Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The Government Claims Act section 835 requires that, before a public entity can be held liable for an injury caused by a dangerous condition on its...