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LANGLEY v. HOT SPRING COUNTY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, alleging wrongful discharge in violation of the First Amendment, is affirmed where plaintiff failed to show that...

KNIEVEL v. ESPN

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation suit, the grant of defendant's motion to dismiss is affirmed where the word "pimp" cannot be reasonably interpreted as a criminal...

MIMICS, INC. v. VILLAGE OF ANGEL FIRE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit alleging Constitutional rights violations for illegal entry onto property, defendant-city inspector failed to establish that he is entitled...

HUTCHINSON v. CIA

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for wrongful termination, dismissal of plaintiff's Privacy Act claim is affirmed where the alleged withholding of the an affidavit was not a...

STEWART v. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
A state does not waive its sovereign immunity by voluntarily removing an action to federal court when it would have been immune from the same action...

WATERMAN v. BATTON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging that defendant-police officers' unconstitutionally employed deadly force against plaintiff, the denial of defendants' motion for...

MERCIER v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The sale of a monument of the Ten Commandments in a public park back to the group that had donated the Monument to the City is constitutionally...

HOUSER v. DRETKE

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Plaintiff's request for a certificate of appealability is denied where no reasonable jurist could find debatable the absence of a constitutional claim...

UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AM. v. RAG AM. COAL CO.

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute arising out of a collective bargaining agreement, defendants are entitled to judgment as a matter law on plaintiff-union's tortious...

LACY STREET HOSPITALITY SERV. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit to modify conditions imposed on an adult cabaret, the inattentiveness of defendant-city council members during a city council hearing...