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Forest Park v. Hadley

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a section 1983 action, state and local government defendants are entitled to summary judgment where there was no evidence that they took any action...

Meyers v. State of Texas

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights class action under the Americans with Disabilities Act, defendant-Texas waived its state sovereign immunity from suit by individuals...

Sallis v. Univ. of Minnesota

Civil Rights, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed over plaintiff's claim that the district court abused its...

George v. Leavitt

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, judgment in favor of defendant is reversed where plaintiff has proffered evidence by which a reasonable jury...

Anderson v. XYZ Corr. Health Serv.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
The Prison Litigation Reform Act does not require a prisoner to allege that he has exhausted his administrative remedies, and, consequently, a...

Karkoukli's, Inc. v. Dohany

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a section 1983 case involving a foreclosure sale of real property, defendants' efforts to serve notice on plaintiff, regarding the foreclosure, tax...

Glaus v. Anderson

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court properly found that plaintiff-inmate could not proceed with his habeas corpus petition where the petition, alleging inadequate...

Calhoun v. Ramsey

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, dismissal of plaintiff's claim, alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment,...

Kiddy-Brown v. Blagojevich

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination action, defendants are entitled to qualified immunity as a defense to plaintiff's claim of a constitutional violation since...

Sample v. Bailey

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Defendant is not entitled to qualified immunity against plaintiff's Fourth Amendment claim of excessive force since plaintiff properly alleged a...