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Hicks v. Napolitano

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-Secretary of Homeland Security in an employment discrimination action in which plaintiff claims that the...

Carrero-Ojeda v. Autoridad de Energia Electrica

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) action is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiff's complaint does not plausibly support a finding...

Allen v. Meyer

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that defendant-correctional officers at Corcoran State Prison violated plaintiff's rights under the Eighth...

Thayer v. City of Worcester

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The district court's denial of a preliminary injunction against enforcing two city ordinances prohibiting coercive or risky behavior by panhandlers,...

Reyes-Perez v. State Insurance Fund Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendants in plaintiff's action alleging that his public career position with Puerto Rico's State Insurance Fund...

Cheyenne Desertrain v. City of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-city in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action challenging the constitutionality of Los Angeles Municipal Code Section...

Lane v. Franks

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U. S. C. section 1983 action alleging that defendants had violated the First Amendment by firing plaintiff-public employee in retaliation for...

Gonzalez v. Waterfront Commission of the NY Harbor

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against the defendant-former employer seeking to enjoin disciplinary proceedings initiated by the defendant as a violation of plaintiff's...

Doe v. Cuomo

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Summary judgment in favor of defendants New York State Governor and Acting Commissioner of the State of New York Division of Criminal Justice Services...

Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections
Dismissal of plaintiffs' First Amendment challenge to an Ohio law that criminalizes certain false statements made during the course of a political...