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Mason v. Smithkine Beecham Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' lawsuit against the manufacturer of the drug Paxil, an antidepressant, claiming that the company was negligent for not warning that...

Gintis v. Bouchard Transp. Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs-property owners' action against the owners and operators of a fuel barge that discharged a substantial amount of oil into a...

Carreras v. Sajo Garcia & Partners

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's workplace discrimination and retaliation suit, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) district court acted well within...

Walden v. City of Providence

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by current and former employees, and their families, of the police and fire departments, against defendant-city and several city...

Bush v. Dist. of Colum.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by six minority members of a police department claiming that defendant police supervisor's racially discriminatory conduct and the...

Ernster v. Luxco, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an age discrimination action under federal and state law, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the district court's instruction, taken as a...

Murray v. Lene

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging, inter alia, an unlawful seizure, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part where: 1) the district...

Michigan Bell Tel. Co. v. Chappelle

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an action by a state telephone-utility commission and several competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) against Michigan Bell (an incumbent local...

In re ADM Investor Serv., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Defendant's petition for writ of mandamus, involving alleged fraud and various other legal theories arising from trading commodities on behalf of...

City of Dallas v. Abbott

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a declaratory action by the City of Dallas seeking to except certain information under the Public Information Act from disclosure, judgment of the...