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ROSS v. TOWN OF AUSTIN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Summary judgment in favor of a town and its police chief was proper in plaintiff's section 1983 substantive due process claims, alleging that a police...

SNIDER v. JEFFERSON STATE CMTY COLL.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Because preexisting case law available to defendants at the time of the alleged harassment did not make apparent that the Equal Protection Clause...

GIEBELER v. M&B ASSOCS.

Civil Rights, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Fair Housing Amendments Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3601 et seq., required apartment owners reasonably to accommodate a tenant's disability by...

OTI KAGA, INC. v. S. DAKOTA HOUSING DEV. AUTH.

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
A non-profit corporation established by an Indian tribe had standing to challenge denial of the corporation's request for tax credits under the...

VEGA-ENCARNACION v. BABILONIA

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court order granting defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's civil rights complaint against eight federal officials is vacated, where...

BANDERA v. CITY OF QUINCY

Civil Rights, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a sexual harassment case, a judgment to plaintiff awarding punitive damages must be stayed pending an evidentiary hearing on the validity of a...

DOE v. PRYOR

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law
Plaintiff does not have standing to bring an equal protection or First Amendment challenge to an anti-sodomy law, Ala. Code section 13A-6-65(a)(3),...

MITCHELL v. CHAPMAN

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Claim preclusion does not bar certain civil rights claims against U.S. Postal Service employees in their official capacities, because of the rule of...

DRUMMOND v. CITY OF ANAHEIM

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Summary judgment for police officers based on qualified immunity is reversed, in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 excessive force action arising from their...

SAVAGE v. GLENDALE UNION HIGH SCH. DIST. NO. 205

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
An Arizona high school district was not an "arm of the state" entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit in federal court, for alleged ADA and...