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Ali v. Ramsdell

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court did not err in dismissing plaintiff's Section 1983 claims where her substantive and procedural due process claims, along with her...

Frederick L. v. Dep't of Public Welfare

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by mental health patients who are statutorily eligible for deinstitutionalization, judgment in favor of defendant is reversed where...

Brengettcy v. Horton

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is reversed where the district court incorrectly ruled that plaintiff had...

Byrd v. Illinois Dep't of Public Health

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, judgment in favor plaintiff on his retaliation claim is vacated and remanded for a new trial where one of the...

Osborne v. Dist. Attorney's Office

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), does not bar a prisoner's section 1983 action seeking post-conviction access to biological evidence in the...

Hoevenaar v. Laxaroff

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit challenging a prison's ban on long hair, injunctive relief to plaintiff is reversed and remanded where the district court failed to give...

Johnson v. Mullin

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of defendant's summary judgment motion against plaintiff-inmate's section 1983 suit, alleging that he was denied dental care, is reversed...

Velez-Diaz v. Vega-Irizarry

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action resulting from the wrongful death of an FBI agent, the district court erred in denying the individual defendants qualified immunity from...

Deloughery v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute alleging retaliation, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is affirmed over defendant's challenge to the district court's...

Myers v. Potter

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 civil rights action, summary judgment for defendant-police officer on the ground of qualified immunity is reversed where a...