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LEWIS v. CITY OF BOSTON

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A race discrimination in employment claim under Massachusetts law was not actionable, where plaintiff failed to show something more than evidence of...

THE DESTEK GROUP, INC. v. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PUB. UTILS. COMM'N

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
A state public utilities commission never made a "determination," for purposes of section 252(e)(6) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, thus no...

GRAYSON v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff did not establish a prima facie case of failure-to-promote in race and age discrimination claims, where he failed to show that he held...

U.S. v. CAMPBELL

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The district court's application of 21 U.S.C. section 841(b)(1)(D) as the statutory maximum penalty for an indeterminate amount of marijuana is...

RESNICK v. ADAMS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Requiring a prisoner to fill out a standard prison form in order to receive kosher food did not violate prisoner's First Amendment right to the free...

ANTHONY v. COUNCIL

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law
The district court was correct in abstaining under the Younger doctrine, in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by persons under child support...

WALLIN v. NORMAN

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law
A prisoner properly pled facts sufficient to establish that prison officials acted with deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. District...

WEXLER v. WHITE'S FINE FURNITURE, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an Age Discrimination in Employment Act claim, decision makers' statements evinced discriminatory intent, and where the factfinder decides to draw...

MATHUR v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF S. ILLINOIS UNIV.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
After a jury verdict in an employment discrimination and retaliation action, the district court improperly reduced the proffered hourly rate when it...

GIBBONS v. U.S.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
District court did not abuse its discretion in denying a motion for extension of time to file a notice of appeal under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5), as...