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Vose v. Kliment

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that defendants violated plaintiff's constitutional right to free speech by dismissing him from a police department after he...

Hughes v. Stottlemyre

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by a former sergeant with the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) who was demoted and transferred,...

Morrison v. Bd. of Educ. of Boyd County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In an action brought against a board of education by Christian student at a county high school claiming that speech codes prevented students in the...

Governor of the State of Kansas v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Gaming Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a long-running dispute over the Secretary of the Interior's 1996 decision to take a tract of land in downtown Kansas City into trust for the...

Moore v. City of L.A.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving plaintiff's removal from position as a police officer, rejection of argument that defendant-city violated plaintiff's right to have...

The Last Best Beef LLC v. Dudas

Government Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a case involving the relationship between the Lanham Act and section 206 of the subsequently enacted Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related...

Gutkowski v. US Postal Serv.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Postal service employee's petition for review of a dismissal of a petition for enforcement of a prior Merit Systems Protection Board order is affirmed...

Biomed. Patent Mgmt. Corp. v. State of California

Government Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving circumstances where defendant-state intervened in an earlier, related action that was dismissed for improper venue,...

Velez-Diaz v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act arising out of the death of an FBI informant, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs...

Reyes-Canada v. Rey-Hernandez

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against Puerto Rico government officials alleging political discrimination in violation of the first amendment, judgment for plaintiffs is...