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Elonis v. US

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law
Conviction for violating 18 U. S. C. section 875(c), which makes it a federal crime to transmit in interstate commerce "any communication containing...

EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against an employer, arising out of the refusal to hire plaintiff because her headscarf...

Bank of America, N. A. v. Caulkett

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A debtor in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding may not void a junior mortgage lien under 11 U.S.C. section 506(d) when the debt owed on a senior...

Mellouli v. Lynch

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
The Eighth Circuit's denial of petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision affirming petitioner's deportation order, is reversed...

Taylor v. Barkes

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a suit under Rev. Stat. section 1979, 42 U. S. C. section 1983, against various entities and individuals connected with a correctional institution,...

Ins. Co. of the State of Pennsylvania v. Great Northern Ins. Co.

Insurance Law
The following question is submitted to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: when an insured buys two insurance policies that cover the same loss,...

US v. Reda

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
In a case involving penny stocks, sentence and conviction for wire and mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. sections 1343 and 1341, are: 1) affirmed...

Luckerman v. Narragansett

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Indian Law
In a breach of contract suit seeking money damages for services rendered, the district court's denial of tribe-defendant's motion to dismiss on...

Rosa-Rivera v. Dorado Health, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice suit, alleging negligent conduct took place during the birth of plaintiffs' son, the district court's denial of plaintiffs'...

Stankova v. Metropolitan Property and Casulty Ins. Co.

Insurance Law
In a case arising out of a wildfire that swept through Northern Arizona that created an environment in which flooding and mudslides destroyed...