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Morales v. U.S. Attorney. Gen.

Immigration Law
Petition for review of order of removal is denied where: 1) the record does not compel reversal of the BIA's finding that petitioner failed to...

Peralta-Taveras v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of applications for waiver of deportation under former section 212(c) of the INA, and cancellation of removal under...

Griffin v. Sisters of St. Francis, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that plaintiffs were terminated from their positions because of one plaintiff's pregnancy, summary judgment for employer is...

Owens v. Isaac

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an Iowa inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 actions, dismissal of two cases are reversed and remanded where the district court erred in finding...

Smith v. School Bd. of Orange County

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging race and age discrimination, retaliation, and deprivation of procedural due process, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed over...

Erickson v. Pardus

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging his constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment were violated by prison...

Claiborne v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure
As the petitioner in the case died in on May 30, 2007, the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is vacated as moot.

City of Elsa v. M.A.L.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The court reaffirms that: 1) "sue and be sued" provisions in city charters do not waive immunity from suit for monetary damages; and 2) governmental...

City of Pasadena v. Kinsel Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Water Law
In a disputes arising from respondent's contract with petitioner-city to build a wastewater treatment plant, denial of the city's plea to jurisdiction...

City of Arlington v. Matthews

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a city for breach of an employment separation agreement and intentional torts, a court of appeals judgment affirming in part a...