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Sissoko v. US

Civil Rights, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court's grant of summary adjudication to plaintiff on his false arrest claim is affirmed where it would have been clear to a reasonable...

Coons v. Mineta

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The district court erred when it dismissed plaintiff's untimely employment discrimination suit since he made a cognizable threshold claim for...

Podobnik v. US Postal Serv.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's claims, alleging that defendant violated both the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and a collective bargaining agreement, are...

Jimenez v. County of L.A.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action alleging an unreasonably extended detention, summary judgment in favor of defendants-police officers is affirmed where they...

Ineichen v. Ameritech

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's race, sex, and disability discrimination claims is affirmed where she failed to present evidence that a similarly situated...

Huftile v. Miccio-Donseca

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
The favorable determination rule of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), applies to civil commitments under California's Sexually Violent Predators...

Hansson v. Norton

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts
The district court lacked jurisdiction over plaintiff's claim for attorney's fees since it is a contract claim against the United States for more than...

Hill v. City of Scranton

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The district court erred in dismissing plaintiff-police officer's retaliation claim where he presented enough evidence to raise a dispute of material...

Walker v. Bd. of Regents

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a race and gender discrimination dispute, judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where no reasonable jury could...

Diva's Inc. v. City of Bangor

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 claim, dismissal of plaintiff's suit is reversed to determine whether defendant-City Council members denied a special amusement...