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Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm’n

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a case in which the Arizona Legislature challenged the map the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) adopted in 2012 for...

Glossip v. Gross

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action filed by Oklahoma death-row inmates filed a 42 U. S. C. section1983 action claiming that the use of midazolam in executions violates the...

Fernandez-Salicrup v. Figueroa-Sancha

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and analogous provisions of the Puerto Rico Civil Code's torts statute, that plaintiffs' Fourth, Fifth, Ninth,...

Obergefell v. Hodges

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Civil Rights
In a case in which 14 same-sex couples and two men whose same-sex partners are deceased filed suits in Federal District Courts in their home States,...

Johnson v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Constitutional Law
Sentence for guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. section 922(g), enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act for a...

Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In a suit by a Texas-based nonprofit corporation that assists low-income families in obtaining affordable housing, bringing a disparate-impact claim...

King v. Burwell

Constitutional Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Tax Law
In a case challenging an IRS Rule, 26 U.S.C. section 36B, that relates to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, brought by Virginia...

Blackman v. Holder

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a BIA decision affirming an order that Panama-native petitioner be removed is denied where the description of deportation as a...

City of Los Angeles v. Patel

Constitutional Law
In a case brought by motel operators and a lodging association challenging Los Angeles Municipal Code section 41.49, which requires hotel operators to...

Kingsley v. Hendrickson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought by a pretrial detainee, alleging that two officers used excessive force against him in violation of the...