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BRYANT v. INDEP. SCH. DIST. NO. I-38 OF GARVIN COUNTY

Civil Rights, Education Law
The district court did not err in finding no genuine issue of material fact regarding whether the school district intentionally discriminated against...

CATLETTI v. RAMPE

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity is affirmed, where the facts alleged in defendant's complaint state a violation of a...

HARRIS v. P.A.M. TRANSP.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's failure to exhaust remedies available for challenging a U.S. Department of Transportation determination of medical fitness required...

MATOS v. O'SULLIVAN

Civil Rights
Prison officials were entitled to summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, alleging that they acted with deliberate indifference to the...

VAKILIAN v. SHAW

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law
A state attorney general's office agent was not entitled to absolute immunity for alleged constitutional rights violations during the state's...

THE PARA-PROFESSIONAL LAW CLINIC AT SCI-GRATERFORD v. BEARD

Criminal Law & Procedure, Civil Rights
An order terminating an injunction requiring a prison law clinic to remain open is affirmed where the prison's future plans do not constitute a...

DOE v. STATE OF HAWAII DEP'T OF EDUC.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Section 1983 claims that a school official used excessive force should be decided under the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, rather than under...

REEDY v. QUEBECOR PRINTING EAGLE, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's evidence of incidents of racial harassment made out a submissible claim based on hostile work environment, and the district court erred in...

ROCAFORT v. IBM CORP.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Where a reasonable accommodation claim for plaintiff's panic and anxiety disorder lacked sufficient evidence under the ADA, and a hostile work...

M.D. v. SOUTHINGTON BD. OF EDUC.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law
Because the equitable tolling rule of Connecticut General Statutes section 10-76h(a)(3) is not applicable in this case, plaintiffs' claims under the...