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SWIPIES v. KOFKA

Constitutional Law, Family Law
Denial of summary judgment to defendant affirmed where the court properly denied the motion based on qualified immunity since it should have been...

ALI v. L.A. FOCUS PUBL'N.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment to defendant is reversed where triable issues of fact exist as to whether plaintiff was an employee of defendant and whether his...

HARRIS v. INTERSTATE BRANDS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an employment discrimination case, summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where it does not violate the Seventh Amendment, and summary judgment...

PEOPLE v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

Constitutional Law, Health Law
Summary judgment to plaintiffs is affirmed where 1) the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (FCLAA) does not preempt section 118950's...

HOLZ v. NENANA CITY PUB. SCHL. DIST.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In an employment discrimination action, summary judgment to defendant is reversed where the school district is not immune under the Eleventh Amendment...

CHARLES v. VERHAGEN

Constitutional Law
In a case alleging First Amendment and Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), summary judgment to plaintiff on his prayer oil...

IN RE CALHOUN

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
Petitioners' habeas writs are denied where in the absence of an emergency, qualified medical professionals at ASH may involuntarily treat competent...

METTS v. MURPHY

Constitutional Law, Elections
An action, brought by African-American voters and related organizations, challenging the Rhode Island state senate redistricting plan, was improperly...

WEBER v. SHELLEY

Constitutional Law, Elections, Evidence
In an action challenging the use of a county's computerized touchscreen voting system, summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where plaintiff has...

GRANITE STATE OUTDOOR ADVER., INC. v. CITY OF PETERSBURG

Constitutional Law
The district court's judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where the First Amendment does not per se require a content-neutral municipal sign...