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Shingara v. Skiles

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
The district court erred when it denied defendant-newspaper's motion to vacate a protective order which had designated as confidential all information...

Green v. Butler

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action alleging unlawful search and seizure, defendant-parole agents are not entitled to qualified immunity where they did not...

Price v. Philpot

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is reversed where the district court incorrectly applied Oklahoma's...

Perez-Torres v. State of California

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's suit, alleging that he was mistakenly taken into custody by parole and INS agents and incarcerated, is dismissed based on the immunity...

Green v. State of California

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a disability discrimination claim, a jury properly found that defendant-employer, in failing to provide plaintiff with reasonable accommodation for...

Knight v. Hayward Unified Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's claim, arising from the fact that his group health insurance policy provided by his employer does not cover in vitro fertilization, does...

Ledbetter v. Goodyear

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, the district court should have granted defendant-employer judgment as a matter of law where plaintiff failed to...

Jute v. Hamilton Sundstrand Corp.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
An employee who is named as a voluntary witness in a Title VII suit, but who is never called on to testify, is protected under Title VII's...

Meyers v. Starke

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, alleging that she had been unlawfully demoted for exercising her right to comment on a matter of public concern, is...

Barnes v. Briley

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff-prisoner's section 1983 suit is reversed where the district court incorrectly determined that he failed to exhaust his...