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GAONA v. TOWN & COUNTRY CREDIT

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
Fact that appraisal had not been completed did not prevent parties from becoming contractually obligated under the Truth in Lending Act, and the...

MINSHALL v. MCGRAW HILL BROAD. CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
An on-air reporter offered sufficient evidence on which a jury could conclude that a decision not to renew plaintiff's contract was impermissibly...

MEYERS v. NEBRASKA HEALTH & HUMAN SERVS.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Assuming defendants transferred plaintiff in retaliation for protected speech, transfer to other duties did not constitute an actionable adverse...

GOLDEN v. ANDERS

Civil Rights, Education Law
School official's actions in responding to student's misbehavior did not shock the conscience and did not give rise to a substantive due-process claim...

QUINN v. CITY OF BOSTON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Because the Boston Fire Department has achieved racial parity due to application of the Beecher decree, the city's appointment of firefighters ought...

GIBSON v. TOLBERT

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Professional Malpractice
An indigent inmate does not have a right to appointed counsel in a civil case merely because the inmate's suit is against an employee of the prison in...

RAAD v. FAIRBANKS N. STAR BOROUGH SCH. DIST.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The district court failed to draw all reasonable inferences in favor of plaintiff (non-moving party) in granting summary judgment in a Title VII...

WATSON v. BLUE CIRCLE, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Where there are issues of material fact as to whether employer was placed on actual or constructive notice of several alleged incidents of sexual...

GOBERT v. WILLIAMS

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
A contingent fee provision in a retainer agreement entered into between an attorney and a Title VII plaintiff was reasonable, and counsel was not...

MARTINEZ v. STANFORD

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
Summary judgment in a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, alleging excessive force by corrections officers, should not have been granted based on...