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Bell v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of Jefferson County

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Orders that resulted in a limited award of attorney's fees to plaintiff in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from plaintiff's termination by...

Grace United Methodist Church v. City of Cheyenne

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute involving defendant-city's denial of a license for a church to operate a daycare in a residential zone, a judgment in favor of the city...

Mills v. City of Evansville, Indiana

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 case alleging retaliation for a protected statement is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff made the...

Wexler v. Anderson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections
Florida's manual recount procedures in those counties employing paperless touchscreen voting machines do not violate the rights of voters in those...

McCormick v. Braverman

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, Elder Law, Family Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Dismissal of plaintiffs' cases against defendants involving their allegedly illegal interference with her ownership of property is affirmed where the...

People v. Jenan

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Order recusing the entire district attorney's office was not an abuse of discretion where nothing could diminish the "likelihood of unfairness" to the...

In re Enrique G.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Family Law, Juvenile Law
Judgment terminating parental rights is affirmed over claim that the juvenile court violated mother's due process rights by appointing a guardian ad...

Washington v. Dep't of Correction

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Respondents' motion to dismiss an inmate's petition for mandamus relief involving correctional disciplinary proceedings is granted where petitioner...

Hart v. Parks

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Entertainment Law, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants, a police chief and officers, in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case is affirmed where Los Angeles police officers did not...

Magallon v. Livingston

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case brought by an inmate convicted of capital murder challenging Texas's lethal injection execution method on Eight...