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Altonen v. City of Minneapolis

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a city and its police chief alleging retaliation in violation of the First Amendment for plaintiff's support...

Haluck v. Ricoh Elec.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, judgment for defendants is reversed where the trial judge's conduct was sufficiently egregious and pervasive...

Sacramento County Alliance of Law Enforcement v. County of Sacramento

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of petition for writ of mandate challenging defendant-civil service commission's refusal to hear appeal of civil service employee who was...

Atwater Elementary Sch. Dist. v. California Dep't of Gen. Servs.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
The bar of Education Code section 44944(a), which prohibits the introduction of evidence relating to matters occurring more than four years before a...

McDonald v. Antelope Valley Cmty. Coll. Dist.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging defendant has a 70-year history of discriminatory hiring practices against African-Americans in full time tenure track and faculty...

City of Elsa v. M.A.L.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The court reaffirms that: 1) "sue and be sued" provisions in city charters do not waive immunity from suit for monetary damages; and 2) governmental...

City of Arlington v. Matthews

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a city for breach of an employment separation agreement and intentional torts, a court of appeals judgment affirming in part a...

Dallas Firefighters Ass'n v. City of Dallas

Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by the Dallas Fire Fighters Association and individual firefighters for breach of contract and for violation of the city's charter...

Williams v. Excel Foundry & Mach., Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a former employer alleging that plaintiff's termination violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, summary judgment for...

H.B. Fuller v. Doe

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving attempt to discover true identity of an anonymous defendant, who allegedly disclosed confidential information on a website in...