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TROUT v. SEC'Y OF THE NAVY

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
After a successful sex discrimination class action against the U.S. Navy, the district court erred in awarding prejudgment interest under Civil Rights...

TREJO v. SHOBEN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
A non-tenured assistant university professor's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, alleging constitutional violations in his discharge, was not actionable,...

DISCOVERY HOUSE, INC. v. CONSOL. CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
A for-profit drug addiction rehabilitation program operator did not have standing to seek lost profits, under the ADA or the Rehabilitation Act, for a...

MORRISON v. CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In discrimination suits against former employers, cost-splitting provision in arbitration agreements were not enforceable, and provisions limiting...

JOHN T. v. THE DELAWARE COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Education Law, Remedies
Contempt order, based on the failure to comply with a preliminary injunction that was neither vague nor ambiguous, is affirmed under the Individuals...

SHAPIRO v. PARADISE VALLEY UNIFIED SCH. DIST. NO. 69

Civil Rights, Education Law
By failing to include a teacher and parents in an individualized education program meeting, a school district denied a deaf student a free appropriate...

RICHARD S. v. DEP'T OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVS. OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
ADA and Civil Rights Act plaintiffs who attained both a legally enforceable settlement agreement and a preliminary injunction were entitled to...

ESTATE OF SMITH v. MARASCO

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Rights
In a state-created danger claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, a jury could find that troopers placed decedent in a foreseeably dangerous position, but...

MACKEY v. DEP'T OF CORRECTIONS

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Beyond a prison warden's preferential treatment of his paramours, prison employees did not show a concerted pattern of harassment sufficiently...

SHEPPARD v. BEERMAN

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, alleging termination in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments, was not actionable where a law clerk failed to...