Facing likely defeat in the governing body of the American Bar Association, leaders of a divisive effort to overhaul legal ethics rules canceled a vote ...
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Members of a public pension plan administered by the Minneapolis Police Relief Association (MPRA) must make a demand on the board of directors or demonstrate ...
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Stuart serves as panelist at NACDL ethics seminar Minnesota State Public Defender John Stuart recently served as a panelist in an ethics discussion at a ...
Read More »00-3980 Billings v. Madison Metropolitan School District
“Although the effect on the student from this relatively minor and transitory discrimination might well have been minimal, especially when compared with the situations in ...
Read More »00-3011 Indiana Civil Liberties Union, et al. v. O'Bannon
“Nothing in the context of the monument itself or the surrounding grounds mitigates the religious message conveyed. The monument is a display distinct both in ...
Read More »00-1478 Massey v. Helman
“Mr. Massey submits that there are no administrative remedies available to him because FCC Pekin’s grievance procedure cannot provide him with money damages, which is ...
Read More »00-4200 Michael v. St. Joseph County
“[T]he district court reached the right outcome regarding Michael’s First Amendment claim because Michael failed to set forth evidence that he engaged in protected speech. ...
Read More »98-4252 Outlaw v. Newkirk
“[W]e find that the defendants met their initial burden of production in moving for summary judgment. They submitted affidavits which represented that prisoners throwing matter ...
Read More »00-2078 Crabill v. Trans Union, L.L.C.
“[T]he pertinent judicial landscape has changed with the Supreme Court’s decision this past term in Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. ...
Read More »00-1911 Haugerud v. Amery School District
“[P]laintiff presents a variety of incidents in which she – the only day custodian at the high school and the only female custodian at the ...
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