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Garcia v. County of Riverside

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising from the detention of Mario A. Garcia on a felony warrant issued for Mario L. Garcia, the district court's...

Victory v. Pataki

Criminal Law & Procedure, Civil Rights
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action raising due process claims with regard to the rescission of plaintiff's grant of parole, the district court's grant...

Martinez-Rivera v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment suit brought by a former employee of Puerto Rico's Vocational Rehabilitation Administration (VRA), an agency tasked with integrating...

Aikens v. Ingram

Civil Rights, Military Law, Judges & Judiciary
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by a former reserve military officer alleging that other service members monitored his email messages in...

Menominee Tribe of Wis. v. US

Civil Rights, Government Contracts, Indian Law
In a dispute arising out of a contract between a tribe and the US, made pursuant to the the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act...

James v. Boise

Civil Rights, Judges & Judiciary, Attorney's Fees
In a case involving attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. section 1988, the Idaho Supreme Court's award of attorney fees, on the grounds that it was not...

T.K. v. N.Y.C. Dep't of Educ.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
In an education action, the district court's judgment that defendants violated the right of plaintiffs' daughter to a free appropriate public...

Nat'l Fed'n of the Blind v. United Airlines

Class Actions, Transportation, Civil Rights, Commercial Law
In a class action raising California anti-discrimination claims against defendant over its use of automatic kiosks inaccessible to blind travelers,...

Klein v. City of Laguna Beach

Civil Rights, Attorney's Fees
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1988 attorney's fees action, the district court's order denying fees under federal law is vacated and remanded where...

Bruce v. Samuels

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case involving the calculation of subsequent monthly installment payments when more than one fee is owed by a prisoner, in the context of the...