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Williams v. Bradshaw

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising out of a plaintiff's mother's death while in police custody, judgment on the pleadings for defendants and a...

Combs v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A change in a rule governing the adjudication of social security disability benefits claims that is applied as of its effective date to all pending...

Communities for Equity v. Michigan High Sch. Athletic Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Remedies
On remand from the Supreme Court of a class action suit against a state high school athletic association claiming that defendant's scheduling of...

Jones v. Brennan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
Dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. 1983 case involving the administration of an estate is vacated and remanded where the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine did not bar the...

MacPhee v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
A determination that claimant's 1988 medical records did not constitute an informal claim for increased disability benefits is affirmed where, since...

Bass v. County of Butte

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The 1992 and 1996 amendments to California's Unruh Civil Rights Act (Unruh Act) and the Disabled Persons Act (DPA) incorporate into the Unruh Act and...

Salkil v. Mount Sterling Township Police Dep't

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sanctions
An order sanctioning an attorney and the Equal Justice Foundation and awarding defendant-village attorneys' fees for his conduct as an attorney for...

Alberson v. Norris

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants on a mother's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim alleging that defendants acted with deliberate indifference with respect to...

Baptist Health v. Thompson

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
A decision denying, for Medicare reimbursement purposes, "approved educational activity" status for classroom costs incurred by petitioner in...

Elizabeth M. v. Montenez

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
A class certification order in an action brought by present and former female patients a state's residential mental health facilities claiming that...