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HOLMES v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The decision of the district court is vacated with respect to that portion of the complaint that alleges failure to accommodate, as section 701(a) may...

ENDRES v. INDIANA STATE POLICE

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The Indiana State Police, is not a "person" as section 1983 uses that term and therefore is not amenable to a suit for damages under that statute.

LUELLEN v. CITY OF E. CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment to defendants on section 1983 claims is affirmed where the search of plaintiff's car did not violate the Fourth Amendment, loss of...

MORFIN v. CITY OF E. CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, summary judgment to defendants is affirmed in part and reversed where genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether...

ARLOTTA v. BRADLEY CTR.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where plaintiff has failed to establish sufficient causation between the city's ticket scalping policy and...

NEAL v. ROCHE

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action, summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where neither the dicta rule nor due process prevents application of Randle, and...

MCCLUNG v. EMPLOYMENT DEV. DEP'T.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a sexual harassment action, judgment to fellow employee is reversed where FEHA harassment liability extends to nonsupervisory coworkers and...

HUGHES v. LOTT

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The district court's dismissal of plaintiff's section 1983 action is affirmed in part and reversed where the court erred in finding claims barred...

HILL v. SCOTT

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment to defendants is affirmed where defendant was entitled to qualified immunity, no reasonable officer would have known that failing to...

T.D. v. LAGRANGE SCH. DIST. NO. 102

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Government Benefits
The district court is reversed in part and affirmed in part where the requirements for attaining prevailing party status set out in Buckhannon are...