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DIPEPPE v. QUARANTILLO

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
The district court's determination, that section 212(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act violates plaintiff's equal protection rights, is...

PASCOAG RESERVOIR & DAM, LLC v. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an inverse condemnation suit, because plaintiff property owner failed to timely pursue its state remedies, it forfeited its federal claim for...

RIVERA-APONTE v. RESTAURANT METROPOL #3, INC,

Civil Rights, Elder Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant employer is affirmed where plaintiff failed to demonstrate a trial worthy issue of discrimination under the Age...

STANLEY v. HENSON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim arising from a pre-trial detainee's being subjected to a jail clothing-exchange procedure was not actionable, as scope...

MANATT v. BANK OF AM.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
42 U.S.C. section 1981 encompasses retaliation and hostile work environment claims, but the conduct of plaintiff's co-workers and supervisors did not...

THOMAS v. WOOLUM

Administrative Law, Civil Rights
As long as an inmate presents a grievance to prison officials and appeals through available procedure, the inmate has exhausted administrative...

GIRTEN v. MCRENTALS, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiffs failed to show that employer's stated reason for their discharge was a pretext for age discrimination, thus dismissal of Age Discrimination...

US v. PINDELL

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
A former police officer's convictions, for depriving victims of their civil rights by robbing them, are affirmed over multiple arguments including...

HALL v. CONSOL. FREIGHTWAYS CORP. OF DELAWARE

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a case alleging race discrimination, wrongful termination, hostile work environment, and retaliation, the district court did not err in denying...

LEIBFORTH v. BELVIDERE NAT'L BANK

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A Title VII suit under the Age Discrimination Employment Act was not actionable where plaintiff failed to establish discriminatory pretext in...