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Dominguez-Curry v. Nevada Transp.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute, summary judgment in favor of defendant is reversed where plaintiff presented ample evidence from which a...

Balmer v. HCA, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed; however, the award of attorneys' fees is reversed where...

Singletary v. Missouri Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute alleging violations of Title VII, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where plaintiff...

Brunius v. Parrish

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit filed by the State of California to recover surface mine inspection costs, defendant's cross-complaint against the State Mining and Geology...

Johnson-Kurek v. Abu-Absi

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
A university may constitutionally require a lecturer to provide detailed advice to students about the administrative aspects of a course.

ASW v. State of Oregon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, 42 U.S.C. sections 670-76, creates federal rights enforceable through a section 1983 cause of action.

McDowell v. Philadelphia Housing Auth.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Public Utilities
Plaintiffs-public housing tenants' motion to cite defendant-housing authority for civil contempt is granted where it violated a consent decree by...

EEOC v. Navy Fed. Credit Union

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII retaliation claim, judgment in favor of defendant-employer is vacated where the district court erred in ruling that the plaintiff...

Sullivan v. Am. Airlines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Railway Labor Act does not completely preempt plaintiff's state-law defamation claims and, therefore, it does not provide federal courts with...

Autery v. US

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiffs' claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act(FTCA), alleging negligence against the US for not maintaining firebreaks to prevent a large...