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Barnes v. Wright

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of qualified immunity to conservation officers in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case alleging that the officers had maliciously prosecuted plaintiff...

Gelfo v. Lockheed Martin Corp

Civil Rights, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment in favor of defendant on common law cause of action for wrongful termination in violation of public policy is affirmed. However, judgment is...

Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana of Boca Raton, Inc. v. Broward County

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment in favor of defendant county, finding that defendant did not violate section 2(b)(1) of the RLUIPA by denying plaintiff church a zoning...

Hydrick v. Hunter

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
Denial of a motion to dismiss a class action alleging constitutional violations brought by persons civilly committed and awaiting commitment in a...

Turner v. Sec'y of the United States Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Dismissal of plaintiff-lessee's action claiming that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) failed to perform mandatory duties pursuant...

Turner v. Crawford Square Apartments III, L.P.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendants, the owner and operator of a rental housing development, is affirmed where, although the district court erred in...

Camuglia v. City of Albuquerque

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
Summary judgment rejecting plaintiff's claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 that he was denied substantive and procedural due process when his...

Lax v. City of South Bend

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence
Summary judgment for police officer in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 case is reversed and remanded where the vagueness of plaintiff's affidavit did not amount to...

Lambert v. Davis

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Petition for habeas corpus is denied where: 1) a recent Indiana Supreme Court decision did not apply to the facts of defendant's case; 2) revisions to...

Herrera v. Lufkin Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
Summary judgment on hostile work environment and breach of contract claims, judgment as a matter of law on intentional infliction of emotional...