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Horne v. Dep't of Agriculture

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought by raisin growers against the Department of Agriculture, alleging that the Raisin Administrative Committee's imposition of a reserve...

Walker v. Beard

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner civil rights case, brought by an Aryan Christian Odinist who challenged the states classification of his as eligible to occupy a prison...

Reed v. Town of Gilbert

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a church's challenge to a town's code regulating signs, which prohibits the display of outdoor signs without a permit, but exempts certain...

Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Transportation
In a dispute involving Texas's specialty license plate program, under which those who want the State to issue a particular specialty plate may propose...

Turkmen v. Hasty

Class Actions, Constitutional Law
In a putative class action brought by individuals who were caught-up in the post-9/11 investigation even though they were unquestionably never...

Cal. Bldg. Industry Assn. v. City of San Jose

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case challenging the "inclusionary housing" ordinance in San Jose, which, among other features, requires all new residential development projects...

Bermudez v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought by a man incarcerated 18 years for a murder he did not commit, alleging due process violations and...

Kerry v. Din

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Immigration Law
In a case brought by a citizen and resident of the US on behalf of her husband, an Afghan citizen and former civil servant in the Taliban regime, who...

People v. Curlee

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an appeal of an order committing defendant as a sexually violent predator (SVP) under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA), Welf. & Inst. Code...

Teamsters Local Union No. 117 v. Washington Dep't Corrections

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action, alleging unlawful discrimination against male correction officers on the basis of sex by designating a number of female-only...