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United States Supreme Court - February 2012 Opinion Summaries

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Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp.
United States Supreme Court
Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation 
In a design-defect and failure-to-warn suit by the estate of a man who had mesothelioma allegedly from his exposure to asbestos in locomotives and... 		02/29/2012 10-879
Messerschmidt v. Millender
United States Supreme Court
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law 
In a suit under 42 USC section 1983 alleging that the plaintiffs were subjected to an unreasonable search in violation of the Fourth Amendment because... 		02/22/2012 10-704
PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana
United States Supreme Court
Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Water Law 
In a suit by power companies claiming that the state of Montana was barred from seeking compensation for their use of riverbeds, in which Montana... 		02/22/2012 10-218
Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern California, Inc.
United States Supreme Court
Government Benefits, Health Law, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law  (Industry: Services)
In consolidated cases challenging statutory Medicaid rate reductions by the state of California that were approved by the Centers for Medicare and... 		02/22/2012 09-958
Kawashima v. Holder
United States Supreme Court
Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Tax Law  (Industry: Services)
In removal proceedings against resident aliens who were convicted of willfully making and subscribing a false tax return under 26 USC section 7206(1)... 		02/21/2012 10-577
Marmet Health Care Center, Inc. v. Brown
United States Supreme Court
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law  (Industry: Services)
In litigation involving three negligence suits against nursing homes in West Virginia, the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia... 		02/21/2012 11-391
Howes v. Fields
United States Supreme Court
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence  (Industry: Services)
On petition for habeas corpus challenging the admissibility of a confession given while the prisoner was questioned by corrections officers within a... 		02/21/2012 10-680
Wetzel v. Lambert
United States Supreme Court
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence  (Industry: Services)
On petition for habeas corpus claiming, inter alia, that the state's failure to disclose a "police activity sheet" violated his rights under Brady v.... 		02/21/2012 11-38

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