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ZELIG v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
County and sheriff's department cannot be found liable for failure to provide adequate security against third-party violence inside a county...

BURNES v. PEMCO AEROPLEX, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Failure to disclose employment discrimination claims in a concurrent bankruptcy proceeding will judicially estop an employee's monetary damages claims...

US v. DEBUSE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
When defendant chose to re-enter his house for clothing following his arrest, arresting officers were entitled to accompany him into the home, and...

GRAGG v. KENTUCKY CABINET FOR WORKFORCE DEV.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In claims for retaliatory discharge, summary judgment for the employer is mandated where the undisputed facts clearly demonstrate that the speech to...

ALABAMA v. SHELTON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A suspended sentence which may result in deprivation of liberty may not be imposed unless the defendant was accorded the assistance of counsel in the...

DICK v. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Merit Systems Protection Board had jurisdiction to hear appeal where appellant made non-frivolous assertions that his resignation was involuntary and...

SORRELS v. MCKEE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Where prison officials continued to enforce a policy, prohibiting inmates from receiving books and magazines that they did not pay for, while the...

GUSTAFSON v. JONES

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Police officers established a claim for First Amendment retaliation where their speech was on a matter of public concern, and weight of the evidence...

ALFARO v. TERHUNE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Because terms of the DNA and Forensic Identification Data Base and Data Bank Act (Act) are sufficiently precise, the Act can be implemented without...

SILO v. CHW MED. FOUND.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
There is no clear public policy against religious organizations prohibiting what they consider to be inappropriate religious speech in the workplace,...