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Nemer v. US Dep't of Veterans

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Government Law, Health Law, Judgement Enforcement
In a suit involving veterans of the Vietnam War who contracted diseases after exposure to Agent Orange, a district court clarification and enforcement...

Duckworth v. Saracino

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by female police officers alleging gender discrimination, denial of qualified immunity for defendants is reversed and remanded where the...

Helms v. Zubaty

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against alleging that defendants violated plaintiff's right to free speech by ejecting her from a county...

Steidl v. Fermon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against police officers for concealing exculpatory evidence, denial of summary judgment for defendants is affirmed...

Salas v. WI Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a former corrections employee alleging violations under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 in his dismissal, summary judgment for...

Core Communications, Inc. v. Verizon Pennsylvania

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Government Law
In the context of interconnection agreements formed and approved pursuant to the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, interpretation and...

Alvarado v. Texas Rangers

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit raising a Title VII claim alleging that plaintiff was denied an appointment to her employer's Texas Rangers Division because of her sex,...

Morales v. Jones

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging retaliation by a police chief and deputy in violation of the First Amendment, judgment for plaintiffs is reversed and remanded...

Ball v. Rodgers

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In an action brought by a certified class of elderly, physically disabled, and developmentally disabled Medicaid beneficiaries alleging Arizona is...

Edgerly v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights suit arising from plaintiff's arrest for trespassing within the gated area of a Cooperative and a resulting search, judgment as a...