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CITY OF SAINT PAUL v. EVANS

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The statute of limitations that Alaska law imposes on lawsuits by municipalities applies to a city's affirmative defenses, in a dispute over a...

LM v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The United States was not shown to be liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act, for a mail carrier's sexual abuse of a seven-year-old girl who lived...

SOUTHWEST VOTER REGISTRATION EDUC. PROJECT v. SHELLEY

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying a preliminary injunction, in an action alleging that use of obsolete punch-card voting...

RODGERS v. BANKS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Although the Eleventh Amendment bars a section 1983 plaintiff from seeking money damages for termination from employment at a state mental hospital,...

M.A. v. STATE-OPERATED SCH. DIST. OF THE CITY OF NEWARK

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In an action alleging violations of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the state of New Jersey waived its sovereign immunity from...

ROMA v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action arising out of injuries sustained while fighting a fire, the district court incorrectly concluded that plaintiff's claims against...

US v. BAXTER INT'L, INC.

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
The district court erred in dismissing for failure to state a claim the government's complaint in intervention. The complaint sought to recover for...

SNIDER v. JEFFERSON STATE CMTY COLL.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Because preexisting case law available to defendants at the time of the alleged harassment did not make apparent that the Equal Protection Clause...

SKWIRA v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Outside the medical malpractice context, a claim accrues under the Federal Tort Claims Act once a plaintiff knows, or in the exercise of reasonable...

S.W. VOTER REGISTRATION EDUC. PROJECT v. SHELLEY

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
Plaintiffs in a challenge to a gubernatorial recall election demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits of their equal protection claim that...