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Escobedo v. Applebees

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a sexual harassment and discrimination action under Title VII, the district court's judgment is reversed where it erred by: 1) dismissing the...

Everett v. Pitt County Board of Education

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In an appeal arising from two desegregation orders entered in 1970, which were administratively closed and lay dormant for over thirty-five years, an...

Backer v. Shah

Civil Rights, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that the New York State Department of Health (DOH) violated the Medicaid Act, 42 U.S.C. section 1396 et...

Hubbs v. Suffolk Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action brought by a plaintiff who asserts that he was severely beaten by deputy sheriffs while he was being detained in a holding cell, grant of...

Rodriguez v. Village Green Realty, Inc.

Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit for disability discrimination under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. section 3601 et seq., against a real estate company and its agent,...

EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against an employer, arising out of the refusal to hire plaintiff because her headscarf...

Taylor v. Barkes

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a suit under Rev. Stat. section 1979, 42 U. S. C. section 1983, against various entities and individuals connected with a correctional institution,...

McCormack v. Herzog

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law
In an action challenging the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which regulates the performance of abortions in Idaho, brought under 42 U.S.C....

Lair v. Bullock

Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law
In a First Amendment challenge to Montana's dollar limits on contributions to political candidates, the district court's judgment, entered following a...

Blake v. Ross

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
District court's dismissal of inmate-plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim on the grounds that plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative...