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MS. S. v. VASHON ISLAND SCH. DIST.

Civil Rights, Education Law
A school district's efforts to serve a disabled child's educational interests complied with the substantive and procedural requirements of the...

TOMS v. TAFT

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Case law fails to show that an inmate's right to marry was so clearly established that a state official reasonably would believe that declining to...

DAVIDSON v. AM. ONLINE, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
When an ADA plaintiff pursues several disparate treatment claims based on discrete discriminatory acts, the limitations period will begin to run for...

RODRIGUEZ v. SMITHFIELD PACKING CO., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit arising from an allegedly unlawful arrest in the wake of a unionization election, a chief of security's actions did not constitute official...

BROWN v. CITY OF TUCSON

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A city police department did not retaliate against a detective in violation of the ADA by instituting an investigation into an assault and suspending...

CULLEN v. INDIANA UNIV. BD. OF TRUSTEES

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
A university professor failed to make a prima facie claim of wage discrimination under the Equal Pay Act where compared positions did not require...

ZACCAGNINI v. CHAS. LEVY CIRCULATING CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
An Age Discrimination in Employment Act plaintiff established a prima facie case, and the employer's inconsistent explanations for a decision not to...

BROWN v. PACKAGING CORP. OF AM.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an age discrimination in employment case, any potential for confusion caused by jury instruction on the prima facie case and burden-shifting was...

MANDERS v. LEE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In this section 1983 excessive force case against a sheriff in his official capacity, the sheriff functions as an "arm of the State" in establishing...

75 ACRES, LLC v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An administrative building moratorium pursuant to Miami-Dade County Code section 33-319(k) is a legislative act that does not implicate procedural due...