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National Law Journal

Circuit Revives Political Bias Case Against Iowa Law Dean

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ordered a new trial for Teresa Wagner, who sued the former dean of the University of Iowa College of Law in 2009 alleging that the school discriminated against her because of her conservative views.
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New York Law Journal

Hynes to Be Deposed in Civil Rights Lawsuit

Eastern District Magistrate Judge Cheryl Pollak permitted attorneys for a man who spent more than 22 years in prison before his convictions were vacated to question the former Brooklyn D.A. for two hours on matters such as the training and discipline of his prosecutors.
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New York Law Journal

Stone v. The Port Authority of New York

Officers Not Justified in Searching Restaurant's Private Areas; §1983 Claims Partly Dismissed
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The Recorder

Van Der Hule v. Holder

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National Law Journal

Law Profs Urge Obama to Hold Line on Anti-Gay Bias

Fifty-four law professors have written a letter urging President Obama not to include a religious exemption in his promised executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.
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New York Law Journal

Nicholas v. City of Binghamton, N.Y.

Civil Rights Appellant Must Obtain, Produce Transcripts of Additional Trial Witnesses
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New York Law Journal

Wrongful Convictions and Prosecutorial Immunity

In his Civil Rights Litigation column, Ilann M. Maazel writes: Wrongful convictions are in the news these days. We know about the Central Park Five, the Bronx Six and the allegedly corrupt Brooklyn detective whose cases are now under review by the Brooklyn D.A. But what happens after the exoneration? Federal civil rights cases arising out of wrongful convictions can be tricky. Cases against prosecutors are a legal minefield. Why? The doctrine of prosecutorial immunity.
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National Law Journal

Settlement Will Pay for Scholarships, Dialog at UCLA Law

The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law will host a daylong conference on police and community relations as part of a $500,000 settlement between the university and a judge who accused campus police of roughing him up during a traffic stop last year.
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National Law Journal

D.C. Circuit Rejects Guantánamo Detainee's Challenge

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Monday rejected a constitutional challenge brought by Osama bin Laden's former personal assistant to his conviction by a military commission for conspiracy to commit war crimes.
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New York Law Journal

Baez v. JetBlue Airways

Airline, Employee Immunized From Rights Claims Over Arrest After Alleged Bomb Threat
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