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Ruiz-Rosa v. Rivera-Gonzalez

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit alleging violations of the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and medical malpractice under Puerto Rico...

Staley v. Harris County

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a case raising the question of whether the display of a Bible in a monument dedicated to a philanthropic citizen and located on the grounds of a...

Hawkeye Commodity Promotions, Inc. v. Vilsack

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Evidence, Gaming Law, Government Law
In a constitutional challenge to Iowa legislation ending the TouchPlay lottery game, district court's rejection of the challenge is affirmed over: 1)...

Jenkins v. Bartlett

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an excessive force suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought against a police officer, a municipality and the chief of police, verdict for...

Morrow v. L.A. Unified Sch. Dist.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In case arising from alleged invasion of privacy and defamation of high school principal, dismissal of action under the anti-SLAPP statute is affirmed...

State of Texas v. Holland

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Oil and Gas Law, Patent
A takings claim is not the proper avenue for a patentholder who performs services under contract with the state to assert patent rights when the...

Vila v. Padron

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case alleging First Amendment retaliation in the form of failing to renew plaintiff's employment contract, summary judgment for defendant is...

Campbell v. Galloway

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving discrimination and retaliation claims by former police officer, summary adjudication for defendants on some of plaintiff's claims,...

Gonzales v. State of Arizona

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Remedies
Tribes and community organizations brought a challenge to Arizona's Proposition 200, which amended Arizona law to require persons wishing to register...

Lombardi v. Whitman

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In case involving plaintiffs who performed search, rescue, and clean-up work at the World Trade Center site after 9/11, with allegations that federal...