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Hunter v. Town of Mocksville

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Section 1983 case alleging First Amendment rights violations in the context of government employment, the district court's denial of defendants'...

US v. Basham

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
28 U.S.C. section 2255 petition for habeas corpus relief from death sentence for conviction of carjacking resulting in death, 18 U.S.C. section...

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...

Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law
In a case in which petitioner law firm was hired to assist respondent in carrying out its duties as a Chapter 11 debtor in possession (DIP), under 11...

Mata v. Lynch

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a case in which the Board of Immigrant Appeals (BIA) dismissed plaintiff's appeal due to her counsel's failure to file a brief, the Fifth Circuit's...

Monterossa v. Super. Ct.

Property Law & Real Estate
In the context of nonjudicial foreclosure of owner-occupied residential real property, a borrower who obtains a preliminary injunction enjoining,...

Montgomery v. GCFS, Inc.

Banking Law, Commercial Law
In a cross-complaint challenging the validity of a debt at issue in the underlying trial to collect the consumer debt, the trial court's ruling that...

David v. Medtronic, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action regarding a medical device known as Infuse, the presence of a nominal defendant cannot defeat a forum non conveniens...

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...