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Knife Rights v. Vance

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action contending that N.Y. Penal Law sections 265.00(5) and 254.01(1)'s ban on gravity knives is unconstitutionally vague and violates...

Jones v. Wang

Civil Rights, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, alleging violations of plaintiffs' Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights and various torts...

Davis v. Coakley

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action against a former governor of Massachusetts and former Attorney General in their personal capacities, seeking monetary damages under 42...

Lee v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

Civil Rights, Transportation
In an appeal arising from two lawsuits brought against plaintiff's employer, claiming he was suspended on the basis of his race in violation of 42...

Wabakken v. California Dep't of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action brought by a former employee of defendant, alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and California's Whistleblower Protection Act,...

EEOC v. Sterling Jewelers, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an enforcement action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. section 2000e et seq., alleging that defendant engaged in a...

Young v. Martin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit brought by a prisoner with a long history of mental illness, alleging violations of his Eighth Amendment rights by securing him in a...

Cortes v. MTA New York City Transit

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. sections 12112-12117, the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing...

Vega v. Hempstead Union Free School Dist.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a civil rights employment action by a teacher bringing discrimination and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42...

Spady v. Bethlehem Area School Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Sports Law
In an action stemming from the death of plaintiff's 15-year old son from a rare form of asphyxiation known as "dry drowning" or "secondary drowning"...