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PATT v. FAMILY HEALTH SYS., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff who failed to establish that she was paid less than a similarly situated male surgeon could not succeed on her unequal pay claim under Title...

REGIONAL ECON. CMTY. ACTION PROGRAM, INC. v. CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment on each of plaintiffs' claims, brought under the Housing Act, the ADA, and the Rehabilitation Act, was erroneous in so far as...

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMM-N v. UNION INDEPENDIENTE DE LA AUTORIDAD DE ACUEDUCTOS Y ALCANTARILLADOS DE P.R.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
District court erroneously granted summary judgment where there remained disputed issues of fact regarding whether individual's objection to union...

RAMIREZ v. LANDRY'S SEAFOOD INN & OYSTER BAR

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff, a Hispanic woman, adduced enough evidence for a jury to find that her former employer violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,...

BASTIEN v. GODDARD

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
Plaintiff is entitled to new trial on his claim of excessive force because the district court incorrectly instructed the jury that liability on an...

BAILEY v. UNITED AIRLINES

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Where affidavits and deposition testimony were in conflict regarding the date on which plaintiff-s employer established its official position...

ALI v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Neither the District of Columbia nor its officials can be held liable for torts committed by Virginia officials, and alleging only an "open case" in...

PAUL v. FRIEDMAN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where a lawyer-s investigative acts in the course of prosecuting his clients- arbitration claims against a securities broker did not involve an issue...

SKRTICH v. THORNTON

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
A plaintiff alleges facts sufficient to defeat defendants' qualified immunity defenses, and preserve claims under 42 USC 1983 alleging excessive...

RICHARDSON v. MILLER

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a civil rights action seeking:(1) the return of items taken from the plaintiff during a police search; and (2) an injunction preventing the...