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Fisher v. University of Tex. at Austin

Civil Rights, Education Law, Constitutional Law
In a suit brought by a plaintiff who was not in the top 10% of her high school class and was denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin's...

Austin v. Town of Farmington

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Rights
In a suit against a Town asserting claims under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C. section...

Rouser v. White

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a Wiccan prisoner's religious rights case involving the standards applicable to the termination of a consent decree on grounds of substantial...

DeCambre v. Brookline Housing Authority

Government Benefits, Civil Rights
In a suit against the Brookline Housing Authority (BHA) and three of its employees, alleging that the BHA had violated state and federal law by...

US v. Bryant

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Indian Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case in which defendant was convicted of domestic assault in Indian country by a habitual offender, 18 U.S.C. section 117(a), the Ninth Circuit's...

Peruta v. County of San Diego

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a suit brought by California residents alleging that they wish to carry concealed firearms in public for self-defense, but that they do not satisfy...

Ruiz v. Snohomish County County Pub. Utility No. 1

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law, alleging sex discrimination, the District Court's dismissal, on res judicata grounds,...

Mendoza v. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action alleging that defendant violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it failed to return plaintiff...

Ross v. Blake

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit by a state prisoner against two prison guard who allegedly assaulted him during transfer, the Fourth Circuit's...

Figueroa v. Mazza

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging claims for false arrest, excessive force, assault, failure to intervene, and unlawful...