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DUBUC v. GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A claim, that denial of an application for a lot split was in retaliation for the exercise of First Amendment rights, in violation of 42 U.S.C....

COREGIS INS. CO. v. MOSQUITO CONTROL SPECIAL TAXING DIST.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law
A petition before the Florida Monroe County Career Service Council was not a proceeding in a "court of law" for purposes of the Florida Constitution,...

DEGRASSI v. COOK

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
An individual may not bring an action for money damages based on an alleged violation of the California Constitution (here a former city council...

KATZBERG v. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
An individual may not bring an action for money damages based on an alleged violation of the California Constitution (here for a university's failure...

HADDON v. EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Statements made to the media by a White House employee were not statements for which a public employee was entitled to protection under the First...

FRANKLIN v. FOX

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Detectives are entitled to qualified immunity to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims, alleging a conspiracy to arrest plaintiff without probable cause,...

BROWN v. CROWLEY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
A prisoner's claim of retaliation was actionable where he established that the prison's issuance of a major misconduct charge was motivated at least...

COMBS v. WILKINSON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence
In excessive force claims against corrections officers, a Use of Force Committee Report held admissible under Fed. R. Evid. 803(8); supervisory...

HILL v. MCKINLEY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Although prison guard's strapping plaintiff spread-eagle to a restraining board for three and one-half hours while she was naked was a violation of...

COOK v. TADROS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a First Amendment retaliation claim, in the absence of a constitutional violation, no actionable conspiracy claim exists, and in light of a verdict...