Political patronage lies at the heart of this case—this time, favoritism based on political party affiliation in the Highway Sign Shop of the Illinois Department of Transportation (“IDOT”). William H. Moss worked as the Chief of that shop from 2000 until April 2004, when he was fired to make room for an employee chosen by the administration of then-Governor Rod Blagojevich. Moss sued a numbe

1 This action was brought by the plaintiffs, Arche Donald Armstrong and Victoria L. Armstrong, to test the constitutionality of chapter 19, Title 19, S.L. 1947, p. 217, O.S. 1941, Cum. Supp. 1947, Title 19, chapter 20, providing for the organization and functioning of sewer improvement districts, in certain cases, and to test the validity of the proceedings under said law in connection with the or

The primary issue in this appeal deals with jurisdiction under the Right to Farm Act (Act), N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 to -10.4, in the context of a private nuisance claim. Defendants Raymond L. Raub, III (Raub) and his wife Gail A. Raub own a 34 acre farm straddling Harmony and Lopatcong Townships in Warren County. In addition to that property, Raub also conducts farming operations on about 120 contigu

In this appeal, we consider whether NRS 202.3662, which provides that an application for a concealed firearms permit and the sheriff’s related investigation of the applicant are confidential, includes within its scope the identity of the permittee of a concealed firearms permit and any records of suspension or revocation generated after a permit is issued.

The Nevada Public Re

Plaintiff Yezzi Associates, L.L.C., appeals a December 5, 2008, order denying its motion in limine seeking to bar certain documentary and testimonial evidence at trial. It also appeals a January 23, 2009, order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Brick Township Board of Education (defendant or the Board) dismissing plaintiff's complaint with prejudice. We reverse in part and af

Defendant Parade Publications is the publisher of a nationally syndicated general interest magazine that is distributed in hundreds of American newspapers. Between 2002 and January 1, 2008, plaintiff Howard Hoffman--a resident of Georgia who worked with his assistant at Parade's office in Atlanta-- served as a managing director for Parade's Newspaper Relations Group (NRG). His duties included deve

The plaintiff, Mara Sabinson, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Vaughan, J.) granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant, the Trustees of Dartmouth College. We affirm.

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The following facts appear in the record. Sabinson is a professor in the Dartmouth College Theater Department. She was hired as a full-time faculty member in 1985, and obtained tenure in 1991. In July 2

The City of Cranston (the city) appeals from a Superior Court judgment declaring Constance Fravala (Constance)1 to be the common-law wife of Wilbur Phillips (Wilbur) at the time of his death on October 25, 2004, and Constance crossappeals2 from the same judgment. These two cases came before the Supreme Court for oral argument pursuant to orders directing the parties to appear and show cause why th

GRAHAM, District Judge. Three former at-will employees of the Paducah Area Transit Service (“PATS”) allege that they were terminated after having raised concerns about the safety of PATS vehicles. They allegedly voiced their concerns in two letters sent to the PATS board of directors, though the letters on their face did not mention any safety issues. The letters reported that the “atmosphe

¶1 The City of Purcell appeals from the judgment of the district court declaring that a Purcell ordinance annexing territory was void for lack of proper statutory notice. Based on our review of the applicable law, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶2 The Town of Goldsby is a municipality located in McClain County, Oklahoma, and governed by a statutory board of trustees. Purcell is also a munic

In this medical malpractice case, we consider whether the defendant doctor waived the attorney-client privilege for a letter he wrote to his attorney regarding potential negligence in his examination of key x-rays when that letter was produced to the plaintiff during discovery. We hold the doctor’s disclosure of the letter was inadvertent, but that the doctor waived his attorney-client privilege

In this case we review a Superior Court judge's order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants, attorney Stephen T. Kunian and his law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC (Eckert). The plaintiff, Nova Assignments, Inc. (Nova), is the assignee of the law firm Posternak Blankstein & Lund, LLP (PBL).

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The following facts are taken from the summary judgment record

The plaintiff was disabled as a result of injuries sustained during the course of his employment. He contends that he is a qualified handicapped person under G.L. c. 151B, § 1(16), and that, in violation of G.L. c. 151B, § 4(16), his employer refused to offer him a reasonable accommodation to enable him to continue to work as an assistant press foreman after his injury. In addition, the plaintif

Ken Blair maintains his First Amendment rights were violated when his fellow school board members voted to remove him as their vice president because of his relentless criticism of the school district’s superintendent. The district court disagreed, and so do we. To be sure, the First Amendment protects Blair’s discordant speech as a general matter; it does not, however, immunize him from the p

Emmis Communications and Todd Spessard appeal from the jury verdict decided against them in a tort action relating to their news coverage of the arrest of a suspect in the BTK case. Melanie Valadez, the administrator of the Estate of Roger G. Valadez (Estate), cross-appeals from the judgment of the district court limiting the amount and scope of damages.

From 1974 to 1986, a series of at le

[¶1] Aubert A. and Christiane Godbout1 appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Nivison, J.) dismissing as time-barred their products liability complaint against WLB Holding, Inc., f/k/a W.L. Blake & Co. The Godbouts contend that the court’s application of the Maine Business Corporation Act’s statute of repose to their complaint violates the purposes of the Act

Robert Leonard, a Native American, worked at Eastern Illinois University (“EIU”) for nearly twenty years, during which time EIU passed him over for several promotions. Believing that the most recent denied promotion was motivated by anti-Native American bias, Leonard sued EIU under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-1 - 2000e-17.

The district court granted s

This case for damages, arising out of the termination of a business relationship, involves charges of breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, promissory estoppel, and tortious interference with business relations. The district court2 entered summary judgment for the defendants, Boar’s Head Provisions Co., Inc. (“Boar’s Head”) and Frank Brunckhorst

Daniel Lewis (“Lewis”) appeals the district court’s order 1 denying sanctions against the three attorneys who represented his political rival, James Peer (“Peer”). Although Lewis filed numerous motions for sanctions during the pendency of this case, he only appeals the disposition of two of these motions: (1) his July 9, 2007, motion for sanctions against Peer’s original counsel, Richa

Appellant, Stephen Norman (“Norman”), filed suit in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County alleging that he was defamed by statements made by appellees1 in connection with a lawsuit currently pending before the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Appellees filed motions to dismiss, and after conducting a hearing, the circuit court dismissed all counts of the lawsuit. No

Columbia Venture, LLC appeals an order of the district court dismissing its second amended complaint with prejudice. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). The court concluded that Columbia Venture’s state law claims are preempted by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ("NFIA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4001 et seq. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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We review de novo a dis

There is perhaps no more delicate constitutional barrier protecting individual freedom from governmental interference than that which protects against state interference with parental autonomy. The Supreme Court has long recognized that “[t]he child is not the mere creature of the state,” Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510, 535 (1925), and that “the custody, care and nurture of the c

This matter comes on before this Court on an appeal from an order of the District Court entered on September 30, 2008,1 granting Appellees’ motion for summary judgment and denying the request of Appellant, John Oliva, for leave to amend further his already twice amended complaint. See Estate of Oliva v. New Jersey, 579 F. Supp. 2d 643 (D.N.J. 2008). Though the Court denied summary judgment to a

Loren Zutz and Elden Elseth, members of the Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers Watershed District Board (Board), filed this action alleging state law defamation and violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the six appellees whom we divide into three different groups: (1) co-Board members John Nelson and Arlyn Stroble; (2) an administrator and an employee of the Board Nick Drees and Danny Omdahl and (3) th

The federal government imposes mandatory standards governing the marketing of “organic” food and agricultural products, but provides only voluntary and permissive criteria for “organic” personal care products, such as soaps and lotions. (7 U.S.C. § 6501 et seq.; Organic Foods Production Act of 1990.) A trade association, Organic and Sustainable Industry Standards, Inc. (OASIS), seeks to d