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MUHAMMAD v. CLOSE

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Court of Appeal's dismissal of prisoner's section 1983 action is reversed where the rule in Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U. S. 477 (1994), which requires...

STEINHAUER v. DEGOLIER

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment was properly granted to defendants on former employee's sex discrimination claim. Because plaintiff failed to show that he was...

GEN. DYNAMICS LAND SYS., INC. v. CLINE

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The ADEA's text, structure, purpose, history, and relationship to other federal statutes show that the statute does not mean to stop an employer from...

WEYERS v. LEAR OPERATIONS CORP.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action under the ADEA, the district court erred in refusing to permit defendant-employer to impeach plaintiff with her prior sworn statements to...

SELLERS v. MINETA

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a Title VII case, a discharged employee's post-termination conduct is relevant in determining whether a front pay award is available and in...

BRZOZOWSKI v. CORR. PHYSICIAN SERVS., INC.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
When an insolvent employer sells a substantial portion of its assets to another corporation, that company may be subject to successor liability in the...

MONACO v. AM. GEN. ASSURANCE CO.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
To demonstrate a prima facie case of age discrimination under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the replacement employee must be sufficiently...

GARCIA v. VILL. OF MOUNT PROSPECT

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The Illinois circuit court's administrative review of the Police Pension Board's denial of duty-related benefits to a former officer has a res...

CAFE EROTICA OF FLORIDA, INC. v. ST. JOHNS COUNTY

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Media Law
Defendant's entire sign ordinance is unconstitutional on its face. It creates an unacceptable prior restraint on speech by placing too much discretion...

COX v. BOXER

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Placement of a Notice of Termination containing stigmatizing information in plaintiff's personnel file, in the face of a state statute mandating...