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Padilla v. Lever

Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act applies to recall petitions circulated pursuant to California law, therefore dismissal of plaintiff's suit...

Skinner v. Cunningham

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for prisoner-defendants in a civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is affirmed where defendant's segregation for 40 days...

Miles v. Dell

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
When a Title VII plaintiff can show that firing and hiring decisions were made by different decisionmakers, she need not show as part of her prima...

Jackson v. Schultz

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights case arising from the death of plaintiff's son under the care of defendants, fire department EMT's, the denial of defendants' motion...

Palkow v. CSX Transp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Order denying plaintiff's motion to remand and granting defendants- motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim is reversed where a state action...

Miranda v. City of Cornelius

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendants on a Fourth Amendment challenge is reversed where the impoundment of plaintiffs' vehicle following a traffic violation...

Dunn v. Washington County Hosp.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's Title VII sex discrimination case is reversed, where defendant is responsible for providing its...

Widgren v. Maple Grove

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where defendants did not conduct Fourth Amendment searches in violation of plaintiffs' expectations of...

Jones v. D.C. Dep't of Corr.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant on employment sexual harassment claims based on the Faragher-Ellerth defense is reversed where the defense had not been...

Ienco v. Angarone

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a civil rights claim stemming from an illegal arrest is affirmed where plaintiff failed to present sufficient...