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UNION OF NEEDLETRADES, INDUS. AND TEXTILE EMPLOYEES v. US IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERV.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In view of the Supreme Court's decision in Buckhannon Bd. & Care Home v. West Virginia Dep't of Health & Human Res., 532 U.S. 598 (2001), a...

VENTURELLI v. ARC COMTY. SERVS., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A suit alleging unlawful discrimination under Title VII as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act was not actionable where plaintiff could not...

RASCHE v. VILLAGE OF BEECHER

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Summary judgment for a village and its president are affirmed in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, alleging retaliation for plaintiffs' exercise of...

SIMONSON v. TRINITY REG'L HEALTH SYS.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff failed to make a prima facie ADA case as she did not show defendant regarded her as disabled, and plaintiff also failed to make a prima...

SCHULER v. SUPERVALU, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff failed to make a prima facie case under the ADA where, while defendant believed plaintiff could not perform functions associated with a...

FISHER v. OKLAHOMA HEALTH CARE AUTH.

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law
Disabled individuals receiving state-funded medical care may have a meritorious ADA claim, that imposition of a five-prescription cap will force them...

BOYD v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Although police had probable cause to arrest defendant, there was no probable cause to prosecute him, thus his 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim for...

PEEK-A-BOO LOUNGE OF BRADENTON, INC. v. MANATEE COUNTY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court erred by granting summary judgment to the County as to the constitutionality of an ordinance which prohibits erotic dancers from...

WILLIAMS v. STATE OF WISCONSIN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
A parolee cannot state a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim against the state or its officials, for purportedly violating his rights to travel and marry by...

OLLIE v. TITAN TIRE CORP.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Evidence in an ADA case was sufficient to show than employer perceived plaintiff as disabled and incapable of performing all jobs at its plant, and...