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Laroque et al v. Holder

MOTION for Summary Judgment , along with Supporting Memorandum and Statement of Material Facts

49 Cited authorities

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

    477 U.S. 242 (1986)   Cited 236,142 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"

  2. Ricci v. DeStefano

    557 U.S. 557 (2009)   Cited 3,057 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a city's making promotion decisions based on race would violate Title VII without a "valid defense"

  3. Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents

    528 U.S. 62 (2000)   Cited 2,234 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 626(b), effectively abrogated states’ sovereign immunity by incorporating the Fair Labor Standards Act's cause of action against a "public agency," which the FLSA statutorily defined to include "any agency of ... a State, or a political subdivision of a State," 29 U.S.C. §§ 203(x), 216(b)

  4. United States v. Georgia

    546 U.S. 151 (2006)   Cited 1,449 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act validly abrogated state sovereign immunity "insofar as [it] create[d] a private cause of action for damages against the States for conduct that actually violates the Fourteenth Amendment"

  5. City of Boerne v. Flores

    521 U.S. 507 (1997)   Cited 1,800 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that RFRA is unconstitutional in so far as it permits suits against state actors

  6. Tennessee v. Lane

    541 U.S. 509 (2004)   Cited 1,364 times
    Holding that in providing prophylactic relief in the context of a "fundamental right of access to [state] courts," Title II of the ADA "constitutes a valid exercise of Congress's § 5 authority to enforce the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment" and abrogates the states' Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity

  7. Employment Div. v. Smith

    494 U.S. 872 (1990)   Cited 2,250 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the limitation articulated in Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398-i.e., that governmental actions that substantially burden a religious practice must be justified by a compelling governmental interest-does not apply to neutral, generally applicable laws

  8. Johnson v. De Grandy

    512 U.S. 997 (1994)   Cited 1,659 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that because the United States was not a party to the state court action, Rooker - Feldman was not a bar to its federal claims

  9. U.S. v. Morrison

    529 U.S. 598 (2000)   Cited 1,265 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Congress exceeded its interstate commerce powers in enacting a civil remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence

  10. Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters

    438 U.S. 567 (1978)   Cited 2,160 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a district court was "entitled to consider the racial mix of the work force when trying to make the determination as to motivation" in the employment discrimination context

  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 486,625 times   688 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

  12. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 328,637 times   158 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

  13. Section 1973 - Transferred

    42 U.S.C. § 1973   Cited 1,593 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that no change in voting takes effect until precleared

  14. Section 1973c - Transferred

    42 U.S.C. § 1973c   Cited 894 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Setting forth the requirements of § 5

  15. Section 1973b - Transferred

    42 U.S.C. § 1973b   Cited 256 times
    Specifying jurisdictions where § 5 applies