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Kidwell v. City of Union

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a suit brought by taxpayers against a city and its manager under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claiming constitutional violations in defendants'...

Lagerstrom v. Kingston

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Administrative Law, Civil Rights
Dismissal of prisoner's claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff received due process in hearings to remove him to a...

Arraleh v. County of Ramsey

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a former employer and supervisor under Title VII and state law alleging discrimination on the basis of race and national origin, and...

Kenyon v. Edwards

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights case arising from plaintiff's injuries during an arrest, denial of a deputy sheriff's motion for summary judgment based on qualified...

McWilliams v. Jefferson County

Civil Rights, Contracts, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for a county-employer on claims of gender and disability discrimination, breach of contract, promissory estoppel, and violation of...

Petruska v. Gannon Univ.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The circuit court adopts the "ministerial exception" doctrine and holds that it applies to bar any claim, the resolution of which would limit a...

Karaj v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture, and ordering...

Cassimy v. Bd. of Educ. of the Rockford Pub. Sch.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a suit by a teacher against a school board alleging violation of the ADA is affirmed where the undisputed facts...

Service Employees Int'l Union, Local 1000 v. Department of Personnel Admin.

Civil Rights, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Elections, Labor & Employment Law
Sustaining of demurrer to plaintiff's complaint challenging the state's refusal to permit work site distribution of material supporting a ballot...

Hardesty v. Hamburg Township

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a civil rights action alleging violation of plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure, summary judgment...