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Wendt v. Leonard

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Denial of plaintiff's motion to vacate an order awarding attorneys fees in an underlying civil rights case, involving the seizure of plaintiff's boat,...

Pena v. Deprisco

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of defendant's motion to dismiss claims in a civil rights case arising from an off-duty officer's drunk driving accident is vacated where...

Burrell v. Powers

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
Summary judgment for defendant, the medical director of a prison, on inmate plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action is affirmed where plaintiff...

Gallagher v. Dupont

Civil Rights, Debt Collection, Government Law, Insurance Law
In an action seeking to enforce a judgment obtained by a Coblentz agreement against the estate of a state employee in an underlying civil rights suit,...

Pennyfeather v. Tessler

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging that defendant disclosed plaintiff's name, address, work schedule, and social security number during an...

Moreno v. Baca

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, the district court's denial of qualified immunity to defendant-police officers is affirmed where defendants lacked...

Untalan v. City of Lorain

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment pursuant to a finding of qualified immunity for defendant, a police officer, and subsequent dismissal of claims against municipal...

Dornheim v. Sholes

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's civil rights claims involving a state-court custody dispute is affirmed where defendants' actions were not motivated by...

Corpus v. Bennett

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
District court ruling reducing a jury award for plaintiff of $75,000 in "nominal damages" to one dollar in his civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C....

Laughlin v. Schriro

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is affirmed where inmate plaintiff offered no evidence...