Seventh Circuit Tag

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Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:SCT pillars Third Circuit
  • Rosano v. Township of Teaneck, No. 13-1263 (June 10, 2014) (in action by current and former police officers against Township alleging violation of Fair Labor Standards Act because it did not pay proper overtime and provide compensation for attending daily roll calls and putting on and taking off uniforms, affirming grant of summary judgment for Township).
Seventh Circuit

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:SCT stairs Sixth Circuit
  • Robertson v. Lucas, No. 12-3877 (May 28, 2014) (in case arising out of corrupted drug-trade investigation, affirming award of qualified immunity on malicious prosecution and false arrest claims, and affirming dismissal of Monell claim against Richland County and City of Cleveland).

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:Gavel Second Circuit

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:Alexandria-court First Circuit
  • Jones v. City of Boston, No. 12-2280 (May 7, 2014) (in suit challenging police department's drug-testing program as causing disparate impact based on race, reversing denial of summary judgment for plaintiffs on whether they had proved a prima facie case of disparate impact under Title VII).
Sixth Circuit

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:NinthCircuit First Circuit Third Circuit
  • Hallsey v. Pheiffer, No. 13-1549 (Apr. 24, 2014) (reversing district court's summary judgment for officers on fabrication, malicious prosecution, and coercion claims, in case arising out of suit brought by individual wrongly imprisoned for 22 years).

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:prison Third Circuit
  • Thomas v. Cumberland County, No. 12-3959 (Apr. 11, 2014) (in suit alleging that the County failed to properly train officers to prevent attack by other inmates, vacating the district court's order of summary judgment for the County because a reasonable jury could find that the County acted with deliberate indifference).
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Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:FedPrac First Circuit Fifth Circuit

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:No-Loitering Third Circuit Seventh Circuit Ninth Circuit