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Pope v. ESA Serv. Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where it provided legitimate, nondiscriminatory...

Simkins v. Bruce

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court erred when it dismissed plaintiff-inmate's claim, alleging that the failure to forward his legal mail interfered with his right of...

Behavioral Inst. of Indiana v. Hobart City of Common Council

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court properly dismissed plaintiff's section 1983 action, which alleged that defendant improperly denied a land use variance, as...

Lawrence v. Reed

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, the grant of qualified immunity to defendant-police officer is reversed where defendant should have known that the seizure...

Evans v. Stephens

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
An arresting officer's investigatory strip search, performed for the purpose of discovering drugs on persons who had been arrested lawfully for a...

Slade v. Hampton Roads Reg'l Jail

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A jail's policy of charging pretrial detainees one dollar per day, to help defray the cost of housing, does not violate the detainees' due process...

Peterson v. Scott County

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, dismissal of plaintiff's failure to hire and failure to promote claims is reversed where plaintiff created...

Murray v. Gilmore

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination action, summary judgment against plaintiff's Title VII sex discrimination claim is reversed where a reasonable jury could...

Blanford v. Sacramento County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action alleging excessive force, defendant-police officers are entitled to qualified immunity on the ground that they did not exceed...

Moser v. Indiana Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where defendant's comments, of a sexual nature, made to...