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MCKAY v. US DEP'T OF TRANSP.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff made a prima facie case of age discrimination, and a decision to promote a younger employee was an adverse employment action, but plaintiff...

FAGAN v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY (PEOPLE)

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Although the D.A. properly obtained the results of plaintiff's urinalysis tests under the provisions of Pen. Code section 832.7(a), those results may...

MAYNARD v. BD. OF REGENTS OF THE DIV. OF UNIVS. OF THE FLORIDA DEP'T OF EDUC.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Education Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action arising out of plaintiff's dismissal from defendant's medical residency program, which alleged a variety of federal and state...

DURKIN v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A city was entitled to summary judgment in a sexual harassment claim arising from plaintiff's police department training, as the offending supervisor...

MCCOY v. HARRISON

Agriculture, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
An Illinois Department of Agriculture animal welfare investigator was entitled to summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, as evidence did...

G v. FORT BRAGG DEPENDENT SCHS.

Civil Rights, Education Law
An Individuals with Disabilities Education Act claim is remanded for determination whether an autistic child's Individualized Education Program met...

ACEVEDO-GARCIA v. MONROIG

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a section 1983 complex political discrimination case, where the plaintiffs were severed into four groups, the district court's application of...

FRISON v. ZEBRO

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Police officers were entitled to summary judgment on claims that a search and arrest violated plaintiff's Fourth Amendment rights, as they were...

HERNANDEZ v. JARMAN

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Police officers were entitled to qualified immunity on claims they used deadly force to subdue a suspect after a high-speed chase; force was...

JOHNSON v. JONES

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
Under the plain language of 42 U.S.C. section 1997e(a), an inmate must exhaust all available administrative remedies before he files suit, and if...