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Grimm v. Alro Steel Corp.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where...

Amrack Prod. v. Morton

Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's defamation claim, alleging defendant wrongly portrayed him as a homosexual in a book, is affirmed where plaintiff has failed...

Rooney v. Koch Air

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, dismissal of plaintiff's claim under the Americans with Disability Act(ADA) is affirmed where he has not shown...

Wright v. City of Philadelphia

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, defendant-police officers are entitled to qualified immunity where plaintiff's warrantless arrest for criminal trespass was...

Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line

Admiralty, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is applicable to foreign-flag cruise ships in United States waters except where the statute...

Doran v. Eckold

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, a jury verdict in excess of $2 million in favor of plaintiff is reversed where exigent circumstances...

Baskerville v. Mulvaney

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A jury verdict against plaintiff-inmate's civil rights action, which alleged the use of excessive force, is affirmed where defendant used substantial,...

Raiser v. Utah County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action, summary judgment in favor of defendant is vacated where the district court abused its discretion by not allowing plaintiff...

Huntingdon Life Sciences v. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of defendant's motion to strike plaintiffs' complaint under the anti-SLAPP statute is affirmed where plaintiffs showed a probability of...

Blise v. Antaramian

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment against plaintiff's claim, alleging defendant-employer discriminated against her because of her race, is affirmed where she could not...