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City of Chicago v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit to recover from handgun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for the costs which those public entities have incurred as a result of...

Paszkowski v. Metro. Water Reclamation Dist. of Greater Chicago

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury claim brought two years after the incident in question, dismissal is affirmed where the legislature intended for the one-year...

Doe v. Chicago Bd. of Educ.

Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit on behalf of a boy who was sexual assaulted by another student while riding on a school bus, dismissal of the claim is reversed where: 1) a...

GREEN PARTY OF NEW YORK v. NEW YORK BD. OF ELECTIONS

Elections, Government Law, Remedies
In a challenge to New York's voter enrollment scheme, which removes a party's name from the voter registration form when its candidate fails to...

S.D. v. HOOD

Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Juvenile Law
Defendant-state Medicaid agency's violation of the Medicaid Act, for failing to provide medical assistance to plaintiff, deprived plaintiff of a right...

CASH v. HAMILTON COUNTY DEP'T OF ADULT PROB.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit alleging constitutional rights violations, summary judgment in favor of defendant-City is reversed where a genuine issue of material fact...

BECK v. CITY OF CLEVELAND

Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant-City's denial of plaintiffs' timely requests for accrued compensation leave violated section 207(o)(5) of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

GALLAZO v. FOY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiffs' claim of wrongful employment termination, based on their political beliefs, is dismissed where political affiliation is a permissible...

CONYERS v. MERIT SYS. PROT. BD.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Section 111(d) of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act exempts the Transportation Security Administration from laws that otherwise would apply...

MOORE v. HARTMAN

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Government officials are barred from bringing charges they would not have pursued absent retaliatory motive, regardless of whether they had probable...