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Gagliardi v. Sullivan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that the dissolution of a municipal board for failure to achieve the required state certification...

Vanhoy v. US

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
A ruling requiring the government to make an immediate lump-sum payment of future medical care damages to plaintiff in a Federal Tort Claims Act...

Mark H. v. Lemahieu

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
The availability of relief under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) does not limit the availability of a damages remedy under...

Sherbrooke v. City of Pelican Rapids

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging, inter alia, that defendants-officers violated his rights under the Fourth Amendment by stopping his car...

Ashley Libertyville v. The Village of Libertyville

Administrative Law, Government Law
In an action seeking review of the denial of a special use permit resulting in the certification of two questions, the court elects to answer neither...

Lombard Pub. Facilities Corp. v. The Dep't of Revenue

Government Law, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Denial of plaintiff's application for exemption from the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is affirmed where plaintiff did not clearly establish that...

New York State Bd. of Elections v. Torres

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
New York's system of choosing party nominees for the State Supreme Court, in which political parties select their nominees for Supreme Court Justice...

Hammer v. Ashcroft

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
In a prisoner suit alleging that prison officials violated plaintiff's First Amendment and equal protection rights by implementing and enforcing a...

McMahon v. Kindlarski

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. sections 1983 and 1985 alleging that police officers conspired to deny plaintiff's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment,...

Weber v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a former radiologist at a VA facility raising a claim for back pay under the Back Pay Act (BPA), dismissal of the claim is...