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DYACK v. COMMONWEALTH OF THE N. MARIANA ISLANDS

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A physician with the Department of Public Health was not a member of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Civil Service, and was not...

CLAUS v. MIZE

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Service of process in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action was insufficient under Indiana law, because "place of business or employment" cannot be read to...

SULIK v. TANEY COUNTY

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
The "prison mail box rule," Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(c)(1), governs the determination of when a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 civil...

STEGER v. GEN. ELEC. CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an Age Discrimination in Employment claim, managers' decisions were partially subjective, but their decision to terminate was based on legitimate...

VAUGHN v. COX

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
A sheriff deputy is entitled to qualified immunity from a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit arising out of a police chase, because U.S. Supreme Court...

MEYER v. HOLLEY

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 3604(b), 3605(a), imposes liability without fault upon an employer in accordance with traditional agency...

PHILLIP v. UNIV. OF ROCHESTER

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
The equal benefit clause of 42 U.S.C. section 1981(a) does not require state action, and students' allegations stated a claim that private university...

ATKINSON v. TAYLOR

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law
Corrections officials and officers were not entitled to qualified immunity for an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and Eighth Amendment environmental...

BROWN v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEP'T OF HEALTH EMERGENCY MED. SERVS. TRAINING INST.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Because states are not constitutionally obligated to provide rescue services to their citizens, nor are they constitutionally required to provide...

FLANAGAN v. ASHCROFT

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A DEA sexual harassment investigation that may have exceeded the proper limits could not itself be the basis for an actionable Title VII...