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Harris v. Hays

Civil Rights, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendants, city officials, on plaintiff's claims of racial discrimination and deprivation of a property right under 42 U.S.C....

Johnson v. Hamilton

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by an inmate is affirmed where no reasonable jury could find that...

Robinson v. White County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Summary judgment based on qualified immunity for defendants, a judge and sheriff, in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action for unlawful arrest following the...

Argo v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc.

Civil Rights, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer, an insurer, in a reverse sex discrimination and retaliation action is affirmed where: 1) there was no abuse...

Baranski v. Fifteen Unknown Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action filed under Bivens against federal agents involved in a search of a warehouse and a seizure of weapons owned by plaintiff, a judgment for...

Buck v. Hampton Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Title VII and its accompanying regulations require a plaintiff bringing employment discrimination claims to verify her "charge" before the Equal...

Williams v. Consovoy

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Sentencing
Dismissal of and summary judgment on prisoner-plaintiff's claims asserted under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against a parole officer, members of a state...

Forrester v. Rauland-Borg Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In affirming grant of summary judgment for employer in a Title VII suit, the court overturns language in previous decisions to the effect that pretext...

Randolph v. Indiana Reg'l Council of Carpenters & Millwrights

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for union in an age and sex discrimination suit is reversed where the plaintiff presented evidence that created a genuine issue of...

Kiman v. New Hampshire Dep't of Corr.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act is reversed and remanded where the district court...