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Beecham v. Henderson County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant-County had a rational basis for terminating plaintiff's at-will employment where her romantic relationship with a man married to a woman...

Ali v. Ramsdell

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court did not err in dismissing plaintiff's Section 1983 claims where her substantive and procedural due process claims, along with her...

Rivas v. Rail Delivery Serv.

Constitutional Law, Contracts
Plaintiffs lack standing under the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act to bring their damages claims for alleged violations of the...

Velez-Diaz v. Vega-Irizarry

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action resulting from the wrongful death of an FBI agent, the district court erred in denying the individual defendants qualified immunity from...

Shuman v. Penn Manor Sch. Dist.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Defendant-school district did not violate plaintiff's due process and equal protection rights when it investigated an incident of alleged sexual...

DH2, Inc. v. SEC

Constitutional Law, Securities Law
Plaintiff lacks standing to challenge rule releases issued by the SEC which govern mutual fund valuation and share pricing.

Menendez v. Terhune

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiffs' petitions for habeas corpus is affirmed over their claim that the exclusion of certain evidence violated their rights to due...

Myers v. Potter

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 civil rights action, summary judgment for defendant-police officer on the ground of qualified immunity is reversed where a...

McClain v. Am. Economy Ins.

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiffs lacked standing to obtain class action relief for defendants' alleged discriminatory policies which denied homeowners insurance to the...

Planned Parenthood v. Am. Coalition of Life Activists

Constitutional Law, Remedies
A punitive damages award of $108.5 million, awarded for violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, exceeds constitutional limits.