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Osborne v. Grussing

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A plaintiff who seeks relief from valid adverse regulatory action on the ground it was unconstitutional retaliation for First Amendment-protected...

Koulta v. Merciez

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case brought by a fatal car crash victim's estate against a city and police officers, denial of summary judgment for...

City of Houston v. Williams

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by retired firefighters against the city of Houston to recover amounts deducted from payments they received upon termination of...

Acevedo-Luis v. Zayas

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging that defendants retaliated against plaintiff because of his political association, judgment limited to...

H and A Land Corp. v. City of Kennedale

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a dispute over the constitutionality of ordinances regulating sexually oriented businesses, a permanent injunction in favor of an off-site adult...

Holcombe v. Hosmer

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case alleging that defendants dismissed her from the Nevada Department of Public Safety in retaliation for associating...

Delgado v. Bd. of Election Comm'rs

Elections, Government Law
In an action challenging nomination papers filed by Ambrosio Medrano for election to the office of alderman for the 25th Ward of the City of Chicago,...

Barrows v. Wiley

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit alleging violation of due process after a university placed a vice chancellor on unpaid administrative leave, summary...

First Am. Title Co. v. Devaugh

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an antitrust action brought by title insurance companies against the Registers of Deeds of five counties in Michigan, dismissal of Sherman Act...

Sevenson Envtl. Servs., Inc. v. Shaw Envtl., Inc.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement case, summary judgment ruling that suit against a hazardous waste remediation contractor was barred by government contractor...