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Owensby v. City of Cincinnati

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983, denial of qualified immunity to defendant-police officers is affirmed where the...

Dreamscape Design, Inc. v. Affinity Network, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Contracts
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint, alleging fraud and breach of contract relating to the cost of long-distance telephone services provided by...

Fisher v. Lovejoy

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's section 1983 claim, alleging that defendant did not protect him from being stabbed by other inmates, is affirmed where no...

Verizon v. Peevey

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Public Utilities
An incumbent local exchange carrier's challenge to nominally "interim" rates for access to its network by competitive local exchange carriers is ripe...

White Tail Park, Inc. v. Stroube

Constitutional Law
The district court erred when it dismissed plaintiff's First Amendment claim, challenging a Virginia law which requires a parent or guardian to...

Logan v. JKV Real Estate Serv.

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure
The bankruptcy court erred when it determined that a bankruptcy trustee, as the assignee of certain creditors, did not have standing to sue to recover...

Cepero-Rivera v. Fagundo

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's claim, alleging that the termination of his employment was motivated by his political affiliation, was properly dismissed where the...

Lontz v. Tharp

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
State wrongful discharge claims are not completely preempted by the National Labor Relations Act.

Nat'l Parks Conservation Ass'n v. Manson

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
The district court erred when it dismissed plaintiffs' suit, challenging the issuance of a permit to construct a power plant near Yellowstone National...

Wilson v. McRae's Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court properly granted summary judgment for defendant on the ground that plaintiff's grievance, claiming false arrest, arises under state...