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STATE POLICE FOR AUTOMATIC RETIREMENT ASS'N v. DIFAVA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Government Law
Neither the Supreme Court's decision in Kimel v. Florida Bd. of Regents, 528 U.S. 62 (2002), nor Eleventh Amendment jurisprudence prevents individuals...

FORD v. REYNOLDS

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
The district court must consider qualified immunity issues in claims against college officials in their individual capacities, arising from...

MANDELL v. THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of Title VII claims is reversed where based on evidence submitted in support of plaintiff's prima facie case and on evidence of pretext, a...

WAINSCOTT v. HENRY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
A city employee's speech dealt with matters of public concern and deserved First Amendment protection, and a mayor's termination of the employee...

BOYER v. CORDANT TECHS., INC.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Recovery on a Title VII hostile work environment claim may be available for acts taken outside the statutory time period, even where plaintiff knew or...

HAWKINS v. HOLLOWAY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Sheriff's employees alleged facts that would permit a reasonable jury to find that sheriff violated their due process rights by threatening them with...

ROSSIGNOL v. VOORHAAR

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
Off-duty law enforcement officers' organized efforts to impede distribution of a publication in order to suppress political criticism were perpetrated...

N.L. v. KNOX COUNTY SCHOOLS

Civil Rights, Education Law
Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), alleged procedural faults did not seriously infringe a parent's opportunity to...

SAKS v. FRANKLIN COVEY CO.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
A self-insured health benefits plan's exclusion of surgical impregnation procedures did not fall within the purview of the Pregnancy Discrimination...

ANDERSON v. GOORD

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
New York prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity in civil rights claims arising from revocation of an inmate's long-term, full-time...