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Abdouch v. Burger

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 suit, summary judgment in favor of social workers who removed a child with broken bones from his mother is affirmed where their...

Aurecchione v. Schoolman Transp. Syst.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is reversed where his claim, which alleges that Title VII allows a party...

Gordon v. ExxonMobile Corp.

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where plaintiff's application for Social Security Disability...

Bennett v. Chertoff

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
An adverse employment action based on the denial or revocation of security clearance is not actionable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

Cardoso v. Robert Bosch Corp.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim, alleging wage discrimination on the basis of his national origin in violation of Title VII, is affirmed where...

Grabovac v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claims of sex discrimination and retaliation is affirmed where she failed to show that the stated, non-discriminatory ground...

Heartland Academy v. Waddle

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Under Ex Parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908), state officials are exempted from Eleventh Amendment immunity when the relief sought is prospective and not...

O'Connor v. Pierson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's substantive due process claim, alleging that defendant-employer violated his privacy rights by insisting that he sign a broad...

Benn v. First Judicial Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The First Judicial District of Pennsylvania is an instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is entitled to immunity under the Eleventh...

Simpson v. Des Moines Water Works

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's disability discrimination claim is affirmed where he failed to establish a specific link between the disability...