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George v. Rehiel

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Transportation
In an action against agents from the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in which plaintiff claims that...

Patel v. City of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action challenging Los Angeles Municipal Code section 41.49, which authorized on-site inspections of hotel guest records by any police officer,...

Estate of Arrington v. Michael

Injury & Tort Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action arising out defendant's son's shooting of a woman with defendant's service weapon, the district court's denial of defendant's motion for...

Osterweil v. Bartlett

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The district court's denial of plaintiff's application for a handgun license is vacated and remanded, where the New York Court of Appeals answered the...

US v. Wood

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
Defendant's commitment after a finding that he was a "sexually dangerous person" under the Adam Walsh Act is affirmed, where: 1) there was no due...

Hogan v. Fischer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Dismissal of plaintiff-prisoner's civil rights action alleging that he was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment when three masked correction...

Faunce v. Cate

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff-prisoner's complaint alleging invasion of privacy and a violation of Penal Code section 636, which makes it a crime to...

Occupy Columbia v. Haley

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action brought by plaintiff-protestors under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against government officials for arresting them during a protest on State House...

Kwan v. The Andalex Group LLC

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's claims for discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment, in violation of federal and state...

McAfee v. Boczar

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment of damages plus attorney's fees against defendant-deputy, an animal control officer, in an action in which plaintiff alleged that defendant...