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Carolyn Hall v. Sheppard Pratt Health System, Inc.

Baltimore, Maryland, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff title VII failure to accommodate theory.

Under Title VII, an employer must provide for a religious accommodation unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the employer, a standard that the Supreme Court recently clarified in Groff v. DeJoy, 600 U.S. 447 (2023).

In this case, Carolyn Hall was terminated fro

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New York State Firearms Association, et al. v. Steven G. James, et al.

Buffalo, New York, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking an injunction.

The New York State Firearms Association (“NYSFA”), George Borrello, David DiPietro, William Ortman, and Aaron Dorr filed a motion seeking a preliminarily enjoin the enforcement of provisions of New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act (“CCIA”) that require an ammunition seller to (1) condu

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Malcolm Scott and De’Marchoe Carpenter v. City of Tulsa, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

They were convicted when they were teenagers of first-degree murder, for the 1994 shooting death of 19-year-old Karen Summers, after being identified by witnesses.

Malcolm Scott and De’Marchoe Carpenter were convicted when they were teenagers of first-degree

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United States of America v. Preston Buie

Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Preston Buie was pulled over for following too closely behind a semi-truck. Within minutes, the officer who stopped him
became suspicious that something criminal was afoot—he had USCA11

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Robert W. Otto and Julies H. Hamilton v. City of Boca Radon, Florida and County of Palm Beach, Florida

Miami, Florida personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on civil rights violation theories un 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Otto and Hamilton are marriage and family therapists licensed to practice mental health counseling in Florida. They sued Palm Beach County and the City of Boca Raton in the West Palm Beach division of the Southern District of Florida, alleging that or dinances

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Chanetlle Jones v. City of Sarasota Springs

Salt lake City, Utah personal injury laweyrs represented the Plaintiff who soed on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory.

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Joseph Santarlas v. Bowtech, Inc., et al.

Salt Lake City, Utah, civil and commercial litigation lawyers represented the parties in an anti-trust case.

Bowtech manufactures and sells compound bows for hunting and target archery.

Bowtech is named as a defendant in a class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, which alleges the company and other archery industry manufacturers and retaile

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Jace Hill v. Equifax Information Services, LLC. et al.

Pocatello, Idaho, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a 1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) provides consumers with rights regarding the information held by credit reporting agencies, focusing on the accuracy, fairness, and privacy of personal data. It allows individuals to access their credit reports for free once

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Brook Lang, M.D. v. Providence Health and Services

Spokane, Washington, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who used on a employment discrimination civil rights violation theory.

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Stephen Berger v. Costco Wholesale Corporation

Juneau, Alaska, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an employment discrimination theory.

Employment discrimination law prohibits employers from discriminating against applicants and employees based on protected characteristics such as race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and transgender status), national origin, age (\(40\) or older), disabil

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Harsh Alkutkar v. Bumble, Inc. and Bumble Holding, Ltd.

Oakland, California, civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a false advertising theory.

Bumble moved to compel arbitration, and the district court granted the motion

Alkutkar argues that this showing was insufficient because Bumble did not have an actual record of Alkutkar’s click on the “I accept” button. But under California law, which the parties agree gove

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Estate of Ian Simmers v. County of King, et al.

Seattle, Washington, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.

After confessing to the crime, Ian Simmers was convicted in 1996 in the
Superior Court of Washington for King County for first-degree murder when he
was sixteen years old. Decades later, Simmers moved for a new trial. In response,
the State moved to vacate the conviction, w

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United States of America v. Estate of Anthony Ray Lopez, Sr. v. City of Oontairo, et al.

San Bernardino, California personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory.

Anthony Ray Lopez Sr., Madeline Vasquez, and Josephine Guadalupe
Dominguez (collectively, “Decedents”) died on November 8, 2022, while in a storm
drain in the City of Ontario, County of San Bernardino, State of California, after
flood officials re

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United States of America v. Kate Carson

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping.

Kate Carson, 38, of Lewisburg, Tennessee was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for international parental kidnapping.

“Protecting vulnerable children from harm is the highest priority of our office,” said Acting United States Attorney Robert E. McGuire

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United States of America v. Jaison L. Coleman

Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Responding to 911 calls of domestic violence is one of the most difficult responsibilities of police officers. This case is a good example. Just after 4:00 a.m. on April 20, 2023, Officer Jamie Kizer of the Marshfield, Wisconsin police department, responded to a ca

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B.A., et al. v. Tri County Area Schools, et al.

Rapid City, Michigan civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who claimed that their Constitutional Rights were violated by the Defendants.

Two middle schoolers in Michigan wore sweatshirts emblazoned with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” to school. Based on the commonly understood meaning of the slogan, the school administrators determined that the sweatshirts were inappropriat

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Reuben Jelani Adams, et al. v. Lexington-Dayette Urban County Government, et al.

Lexington, Kentucky, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on civil rights violation theories.

Plaintiffs are five football players at the University of Kentucky (“UK”) who were subject to racial taunts and physical violence at a fraternity-sponsored party. Yet after the altercation, defendant Detective Cory Vinlove, a Lexington police officer, initiated criminal charges a

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Malik Allah-U-Akbar, fka Odraye G. Jones v. Margaret Bradshaw, Warden

Cleveland, Ohio, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Malik Allah-U-Akbar was granted a conditional writ of habeas corpus, “vacating [his] death sentence unless the State of Ohio conducts a new penalty-phase proceeding within 180 days of remand.” Jones v. Bradshaw, 46 F.4th 459, 489 (6th Cir. 2022). The state did not comply with the writ. The

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Tammy McKee v. City of Skiatook, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death civil rights violation theory.

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Flying T Ranch, Inc. v. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, et al.

Under federal common law, Indian tribes may be sued only under two circumstances: when a tribe waives its sovereign immunity or when Congress unequivocally abrogates tribal sovereign immunity. Here, Flying T Ranch (Flying T) filed suit in Snohomish County Superior Court to quiet title to nonreservation land purchased by the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians (Tribe). Flying T contends it had acquired

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United States of America v. Keaton Overton Gunnels

Albuquerque, New Mexico, pro se defendant charged with two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application.

Mr. Gunnels was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 27, 2019, for two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application. Doc. 2. He pled guilty to Count 2 of the Indictment on May 25, 2021. Doc. 51, 53. He admitted that he had committed t

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Billy Gowans, Jr. v. Zachary Axom, et al.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pro se Plaintiff challenged reverse mortgage executed by his Mother.

In January 2025, Gowan filed an amended complaint in the District Court against defendants Zachary Axsom, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Compu-Link Corporation, and the First Mortgage Servicing Department (“Defendants”) alleging fraudulent inducement of a rev

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Chhean Jones v. United States of America, et al.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pro se Plaintiff sued on constitutional rights violations.

Jones, was indicted on federal criminal charges, and he brought a Bivens action against the United States, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), 12 unnamed federal agents, and “the Government’s Attorney,” for alleged constitutional violations arising from the grand jury proceedings. He alleged tha

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Christian Waller v. City of New York

New York City, New York, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.

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Stanley Holmes v. City of New York

New York City, New York, prisoner civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a Constitutional rights violation theory.

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