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Owens v. Keeling

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
A second filing fee should not be assessed to a prisoner whose initial complaint was dismissed without prejudice for failure to exhaust. In a 42...

Okoro v. City of Oakland

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action alleging civil rights violations, sustaining of demurrer of defendants police officers is reversed, where plaintiff designated...

Clark v. Johanns

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for a former employer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), on plaintiff's claims of sex discrimination and retaliation is...

Cortez v. Wal-Mart Stores

Civil Rights, Elder Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against defendant Sam's Club for discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) for its failure to promote...

Littrell v. City of Kansas City

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by a firefighter against a city and fire chief alleging violations of his constitutional rights and unlawful employment...

Grizzell v. City of Columbus Div. of Police

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants, a police division and chief, on officers' claim that they were denied promotions on account of race and gender is...

Smoak v. Hall

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of qualified immunity to defendants, troopers and dispatchers, in a civil rights suit arising from a mistaken "felony stop" of plaintiffs'...

Mulloy v. Acushnet Co.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for employer in a disability discrimination case is affirmed where plaintiff was not a "qualified individual with a disability" under...

US v. Dhafir

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, International Law, International Trade
In an appeal of convictions for transferring money into Iraq, denial of motion to dismiss the indictment and upholding the constitutionality of the...

Augustin v. Jablonsky

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an appeal concerning Nassau County Correctional Center's blanket strip search policy for newly admitted, misdemeanor detainees, denials of...