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Collier v. City and County of San Francisco

Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In suit seeking taxpayer's injunction, mandamus, and declaratory relief against city and county defendants based on allegedly improper building permit...

Robinson v. City of Harvey

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a city alleging excessive force by a police officer, the city's appeal of a judgment for plaintiff is...

Canel v. Topinka

Asset Forfeiture, Government Law, Securities Law
In a claim for dividends from stock which was presumed abandoned under the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, dismissal of the claim is...

Girot v. Keith

Elections, Government Law
In the matter of a man who sought to be placed on the primary ballot for mayor, which is addressed under the public interest exception to the mootness...

St. Clair County v. Phillips

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action arising from the demolition of buildings under a provision of the Counties Code, dismissal is vacated and the cause remanded where the...

City of Chicago v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit to recover from handgun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for the costs which those public entities have incurred as a result of...

Paszkowski v. Metro. Water Reclamation Dist. of Greater Chicago

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury claim brought two years after the incident in question, dismissal is affirmed where the legislature intended for the one-year...

Doe v. Chicago Bd. of Educ.

Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit on behalf of a boy who was sexual assaulted by another student while riding on a school bus, dismissal of the claim is reversed where: 1) a...

Bogan v. City of Boston

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging violations of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments and various torts in connection with an order of...

Guillemard-Ginorio v. Contreras-Gomez

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
In a challenge to revocation of plaintiffs' insurance licenses and imposition of a fine, denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment is affirmed...