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GRAY v. POOLE

Civil Rights
Social workers who investigate child neglect claims and make recommendations to government lawyers on whether to bring neglect actions are entitled to...

WARE v. MORRISON

Civil Rights
A prison warden has qualified immunity in denying a prisoner visitation privileges because prisoners do not have a due process right to such...

LOTIERZO v. A WOMAN'S WORLD MED. CTR., INC.

Civil Rights
Under 18 USC 248(a)(1) of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, an allegation that defendant health care clinic prevented a competitor clinic...

LINNEEN v. GILA RIVER INDIAN CMTY.

Civil Rights, Indian Law
Indian tribal community has sovereign immunity against claim arising from detention of plaintiffs trespassing on the community's property.

RISBERGER v. CONNELLY

Civil Rights
Police officer who arrested suspect for refusing to identify himself after a valid Terry stop has qualified immunity for arresting the suspect based...

DUANE v. US DEP'T OF DEFENSE

Civil Rights
Government worker's failure to disclose drug use in security clearance application warranted revocation of his clearance, even if the extent of his...

DAVIS v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTH.

Civil Rights
In public housing consent decree for desegregation of public housing, racially-neutral policies that merely slow the pace of desegregation may violate...

PICARD v. MEMBERS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT BD. OF PROVIDENCE

Civil Rights
In order to prevail on whether a purported contract or property right is entitled to constitutional protection under the Takings Clause, Contract...

HABIB v. NATIONSBANK

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Failure to meet an employer's request to provide a doctor's note for a health-related departure from work, which results in an employee's discharge,...

HERRADA v. CITY OF DETROIT

Civil Rights
Parking citations that list the maximum penalties which a motorist may be subject to, do not deprive motorist procedural due process of law under the...