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Fifth Third Bank v. CSX Corp.

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action resulting from a train-car collision, dismissal of plaintiff's suit is affirmed where the claim, alleging that the railroad...

Conley v. Pac. Gas and Elec. Co.

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
California law does not preclude an employer from following the established federal policy permitting employers to deduct from exempt employees'...

Nova Health Sys. v. Gandy

Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
A party may not attack a tort statute in federal court simply by naming as a defendant anyone who might someday have a cause of action under the...

Ovadal v. City of Madison

Constitutional Law, Government Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's challenge to defendant-City's disorderly conduct statute is reversed where there remain genuine issues of material fact which...

Mowry v. UPS

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim for retaliatory discharge is reversed where the district court erred when it found that the claim was preempted by...

De la O v. Housing Auth.

Constitutional Law, Government Law
Defendant-Housing Authority's facilities are non-public fora and the restrictions on speech within their confines are constitutional.

Hoagland v. Town of Clear Lake

Constitutional Law, Government Law
Defendant-City's zoning ordinance, which attempts to regulate landing strips for aircraft, involves a local land use, and it is not preempted by the...

Schad v. Jones

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 suit alleging that defendant violated the First Amendment by transferring plaintiff in retaliation for his statements, denial of...

Maldonado v. Wilson

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over his claim that the state court's admission of a police officer's testimony...

SFW Arecibo, Ltd. v. Rodriguez

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiffs-land developers' suit, alleging that defendant erroneously determined that a land use permit had expired without the commencement of actual...