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Whitfield v. Melendez-Rivera

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Jury verdict and award in a civil rights suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 involving a police shooting is vacated as to the liability of the...

N. Coast Women's Care Med. Group v. Superior Court

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
Summary adjudication for plaintiff on an affirmative defense to a civil rights claim involving defendants' refusal to perform intrauterine...

Smith v. Cupp

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of motion for summary judgment on grounds of qualified immunity brought by defendant, a deputy sheriff, is affirmed in a civil rights case...

Vistamar, Inc. v. Fagundo-Fagundo

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint brought under federal civil rights laws alleging discriminatory application of eminent domain is affirmed where...

C.N. v. Ridgewood Bd. of Educ.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
Grant of summary judgment for defendants on constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 involving a high school survey is affirmed where...

Neal v. Fields

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff-nurse's complaint is affirmed in a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against a state licensing agency, where there...

Szabla v. City of Brooklyn Park

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit by a homeless plaintiff over a police dog attack is reversed as to his civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C....

Pepper v. Village of Oak Park

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is affirmed where there was no consitutional violation of...

Estate of Smith v. Marasco

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging violations of plaintiff's constitutional rights by police prior to his death, summary...

Chacko v. Patuxent Inst.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law
A plaintiff in a Title VII employment discrimination suit fails to exhaust his administrative remedies where his administrative charges reference...