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CASE v. MILEWSKI

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Military Law
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 complaint, alleging constitutional rights violations by Naval Training Center police force members, was not actionable where...

JOHNSON v. CROOKS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
After a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 plaintiff crossed the center line, it was objectively reasonable for a deputy to stop the vehicle, thus there is no...

HENRICKSON v. POTTER

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The ADA does not permit a claim against the U.S. Postal Service, and a Postal Service employee's request for a custom chair did not amount to a...

KIRTLEY v. RAINEY

Civil Rights, Family Law, Government Law
A state-appointed guardian ad litem's function, as articulated in a Washington state statute, did not qualify as state action for purposes of a 42...

HAMAD v. WOODCREST CONDO. ASS'N

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Plaintiffs who alleged that they were members of a community whose familial-status composition was being manipulated had standing under the Fair...

CLACKAMAS GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCS., P.C. v. WELLS

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In determining whether shareholder-directors of a corporation should be counted as "employees" under the ADA, courts should assess whether the...

TOWER v. LESLIE-BROWN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
State troopers enjoyed qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action where objectively reasonable officers would not have known they were...

WILLIAMS v. HANSEN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity on plaintiffs' equal protection claims is reversed, and defendant police...

J.H. v. HENRICO COUNTY SCH. BD.

Civil Rights, Education Law
The record in an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act reimbursement claim does not contain adequate evidence as to whether the level of...

FINSEL v. CRUPPENINK

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
A county sheriff deputy was not entitled to qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, as he should have known that he could not lawfully...