On June 1, 2005, the Los Angeles Times reported Jefferson High School principal Norman K. Morrow - plaintiff and appellant in this appeal - would be replaced the next month "amid criticism by city and school district officials over his handling of a spate of student brawls that many say have been fueled by racial tensions." Local superintendent Rowena LaGrosa of the Los Angeles Unified Scho

The parties to a statewide class action involving claims that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., et al.,1 denied meal and rest breaks to thousands of employees filed volumes of records conditionally under seal without complying with the constitutionally mandated procedures embodied in California Rules of Court,2 rules 2.550 and 2.551. After a local newspaper entered the proceedings with a motion to uns

Plaintiffs-Appellants Robert Showler and Johnny Davidson filed this suit against Defendants-Appellees Harper's Magazine Foundation ("Harper's") and Peter Turnley, alleging they committed various torts when Mr. Turnley took photographs of Sergeant Kyle Brinlee's open casket at his funeral, and when Harper's published, promoted and sold the photographs. The district court granted summary judgment

This appeal requires us to revisit the scene of an earlier battle. In Wine & Spirits Retailers, Inc. v. Rhode Island, 418 F.3d 36 (1st Cir. 2005), we affirmed the district court's denial of preliminary injunctive relief against the enforcement of two amendments to Rhode Island's statutory scheme governing in-state liquor sales at retail. See R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 3-5-11, 3-5-11.1. Following further

Appellant, Douglas A. Murphy, appeals from a final judgment, rendered upon a jury verdict and upon trial-court determination, of $4,404,171 in actual damages and $10 million in exemplary damages rendered against him and in favor of appellee, American Rice, Inc. ("ARI").1 We determine (1) whether Murphy has not properly presented certain of his appellate challenges for having raised them only

Peter Grant and Grant Forest Products Inc. sued Toronto Star on a defamation theory claiming that the newspaper libeled him when it published an article about his plans to expand his personal golf course. Plaintiffs claimed that the Toronto Star abused its power implying that Grant was exploiting his ties to the then-Mike Harris provincial government to try to manipulate the approval proc

We examine in this case the extent to which G.L. c. 231, § 59H, popularly known as the "anti-SLAPP" [FN2] statute, effectively shields one party in an ongoing legal dispute from liability for the publication of allegedly defamatory statements concerning the opposing party. The Cadle Company (Cadle) filed a multi-count complaint in the Superior court seeking damages and declaratory and injunctiv

The plaintiffs, Dennis M. Dallman et al.1 (plaintiffs), appeal the Superior Court's grant of a motion for summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Michael B. Isaacs, John M. McGurk, Henry V. Boezi, Mathias C. Wilkinson and Kim A. Petti, in their capacities as members of the Town Council of the Town of East Greenwich (council),2 as well as Hilda Hamilton Trust, Richard Hamilton Trust, Ja

Quintina Deschenie, a former employee of Central Consolidated School District ("CCSD"), sued the CCSD Board of Education and individual members of the Board and district administration (collectively, the "Board" or "School Board") pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In her complaint, she alleged the defendants took adverse employment actions against her in retaliation for engaging in speech protected

A jury found that Titan Distribution, Inc. ("Titan") discriminated against Robert Wayne Chalfant based on Chalfant's disability and awarded him $60,000 in back pay and $100,000 in punitive damages. The district court1 then awarded Chalfant $18,750 in front pay and denied Titan's post-trial motions. Titan appeals. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Titan, a

On May 7, 2002, plaintiff Alex R. Seith filed a two-count complaint alleging that an article written by the late Steve Neal and published by Chicago Sun-Times, Inc., contained statements which constituted per se libel and false-light invasion of privacy. Defendants moved to dismiss pursuant to section 2-615 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure. 735 ILCS 5/2-615 (West 2004). The circuit c

1 The Scranton Times, L.P., t/d/b/a The Scranton Times and The Tribune (the Scranton Times) and Jennifer L. Henn (Henn) (collectively Appellants), appeal the order entered on June 3, 2005, as modified on July 15, 2005, in the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County, that granted Appellee's "Motion to Compel Disclosure of the Identity of the Unnamed Source Referred to in Newspaper Artic

The issue in this case is whether plaintiff is entitled to restitution of the amount paid for property bought from the City of Seaside. The property was conveyed to plaintiff's predecessor in interest through a bargain and sale deed, and, thus, through a deed containing no warranties of title. About 16 years later, plaintiff discovered that the city's attempted sale of the property had triggere

Former Albuquerque Police Officer Sheryl Paloni sued the City of Albuquerque Police Department ("City" or "Department"), claiming various violations of Title VII, state law constructive discharge, and First Amendment retaliatory discharge. The district court determined Paloni had not demonstrated a genuine issue of material fact whether she had suffered an adverse employment action. The distric

In the Communications Decency Act of 1996, Congress declared: "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." (47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(1).)1 "No cause of action may be brought and no liability may be imposed under any State or local law that is inconsistent with this section

Robert R. Thomas sued The Kane County Chronicle on a defamation theory claiming that a newspaper columnist for the paper falsely wrote in 2003 that Thomas, the chief justice of the Illinois State Supreme Court, had traded his vote for a political favor, and had acted with malice. He claimed that the reporter, Bill Page, had essentially accused him of official misconduct, a felony, w

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding the plaintiff damages for an alleged invasion of his privacy. We conclude that the action is barred by the statute of limitations and therefore we reverse. The plaintiff claimed that the defendants invaded his privacy by publishing facts that portrayed him in a false light. Because this claim was not distinguishable in any material respect from a l

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Plaintiff/appellant, Michael C. Seever ("Seever"), appeals from an adverse judgment following a jury trial and from post judgment orders awarding costs of suit to defendant/respondent, Copley Press, Inc. ("Copley").1 Seever contended at trial that Copley's termination of his 18 year employment was motivated by age (50 yrs.) and disability (shoulder injury) discrimination and further Copley

This appeal from the grant of summary judgment for the defendant requires us to consider the limitations that the First Amendment has been interpreted to place on decisions regarding personnel actions by a public agency, specifically a sheriff's department. The defendant, David Clarke, is the sheriff of Milwaukee County. The plaintiff, James Fuerst, is a deputy sheriff and also the presi

This appeal arises out of the efforts of Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Company ("Tribune Publishing") to reacquire The Salt Lake Tribune newspaper. An appraisal from Management Planning, Inc., ("MPI"), which valued the assets of The Salt Lake Tribune, is at the center of the present controversy. Tribune Publishing appeals the district court's dismissal of its complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6)

Christopher J. Pagan appeals the entry of a summary judgment in district court dismissing his action against the Village of Glendale ("Village") and Police Chief Matt Fruchey ("Chief Fruchey"). Pagan's claims arose out of a Village ordinance proscribing a resident's ability to display a for-sale sign on a vehicle parked on a public street. Pagan contends the Village ordinance unconstitution

This action was brought by Kimberly J. Goodin complaining that the United States Postal Inspection Service (Postal Service) failed to grant her a reward it had offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of an armed robber who had assaulted a postal worker. The district court1 concluded that her claim should be brought in the Court of Federal Claims and dismissed the case f

{1} This case involves a dispute between two state auditors, Plaintiff Robert E. Vigil and Defendant Domingo P. Martinez. After Vigil left office as state auditor, Martinez took over and had an independent audit performed on Vigil's work at the agency by Defendant Dennis R. Kennedy, C.P.A., and his Albuquerque accounting firm, Dennis R. Kennedy, P.C. The report issued by Kennedy made sev

Kurt Cousins and Bukola Cousins pled guilty to various drug charges stemming from the discovery of over 500 marijuana plants growing in their backyard. Police officers, acting on a tip from a utility employee, entered into a "sideyard" of Defendants' house and, looking through a hole in a fence, were able to observe marijuana plants growing in Defendants' backyard. Below and on appeal, Defenda