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THOMPSON v. WAGNER

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Sheriff's department members were not entitled to summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, where reasonable...

KOTTSCHADE v. CITY OF ROCHESTER

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of a developer's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, alleging that a city took property for public use without just compensation, is affirmed as...

FREUDENTHAL v. COUNTY OF NASSAU

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A discriminatory termination claimant was not required to file a notice of claim as a condition precedent to administrative review of her complaint by...

SHARPE v. CURETON

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The continuing violation doctrine does not apply to firefighters' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims for retaliatory transfer. A Fair Labor Standards Act...

FEATHERS v. AEY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Police officers were entitled to qualified immunity protection with respect to both their initial seizure of plaintiff and his subsequent arrest, in...

LOPEZ v. FED. AVIATION ADMIN.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
A Designated Engineering Representative (DER) failed to show prejudice from any failure by the Federal Aviation Administration to follow its own...

KING v. FLETCHER

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
State police member were not entitled to qualified immunity on claim they illegally seized a vehicle during a "chop shop" investigation, as genuine...

JONES v. TEK INDUS., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Evidence in a Title VII religious discrimination action supported a jury finding that prisoners' employer did not discipline or discharge them because...

CHAPMAN v. THE HIGBEE CO.

Civil Rights
42 U.S.C. section 1981 protects against impairment of its equal benefit clause by private discrimination, and genuine issues of fact exist in a...

CROW POINT I, LLC v. INTERMOUNTAIN RURAL ELEC. ASS'N

Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Dismissal of 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims, arising from a town's approval of a plan to construct an electrical transmission line through plaintiff's...