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Figg v. Russell

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's civil rights claim arising from her incarceration in prison is affirmed where defendants were entitled to...

Wishnatsky v. Rovner

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
Grant of motion for judgment on the pleadings for defendant, the director of a law school clinical program, in a civil rights suit is reversed where...

McQueen v. Beecher Cmty. Sch.

Civil Rights, Education Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 civil rights case brought by a mother whose daughter was fatally shot in school by her...

Mosely v. Bd. of Educ.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Health Law
Dismissals of plaintiff's civil rights and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) claims against a school board are reversed since...

Harrington v. City of Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
Denial of a motion to vacate a dismissal of a civil rights suit for failure to prosecute is affirmed where there was no abuse of discretion in the...

Alexander v. City of S. Bend

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a civil rights case arising from plaintiff's wrongful conviction and subsequent imprisonment for attempted rape and...

Jibory v. City of Jacksonville

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a civil rights action based on a claim of false imprisonment is reversed because the warrant upon which plaintiff...

Motley v. Parks

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Before conducting a warrantless search pursuant to a properly imposed parole condition, law enforcement officers must have probable cause to believe...

Moranski v. Gen. Motors Corp.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Title VII case is affirmed where employer defendant's refusal to confer "Affinity Group" status to plaintiff's proposed...

Lee v. Walters

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Gaming Law, Remedies
Ruling that section Oregon Revised Statutes section 462.080(1), dealing with defendants' authority to issue exclusion orders from horse race courses,...