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Alabama Dep't of Revenue v. CSX Transp., Inc.

Tax Law, Constitutional Law, Transportation
In this case, plaintiff, an interstate rail carrier that operates in Alabama, sought to enjoin state officers from collecting sales tax on its diesel...

Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl

Tax Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
In this case, petitioner, a trade association of retailers, many of which sell to Colorado residents but do not collect taxes, allege that a Colorado...

People v. Rebulloza

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In this case, defendant pleaded no contest to one count of indecent exposure and the trial court granted a three-year term of probation to include one...

Jacks v. City of Santa Barbara

Constitutional Law, Tax Law
In this case, plaintiffs are an individual and a hotel who incurred a one percent surcharge on their electricity bills collected by Southern...

Matthews v. City of New York

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In this case, plaintiff police officer brought suit against the City of New York, alleging that the City retaliated against him for speaking to his...

Newton v. City of New York

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In this case, plaintiff spent over twenty years in prison for rape, robbery, and assault before he was eventually exonerated by DNA evidence. The...

North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Constitutional Law, Health Law
The North Carolina Dental Practice Act provides that the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners (Board) is the agency of the State for the...

Leitner v. Westchester Community College

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In this case, plaintiff was an adjunct professor at defendant Westchester Community College, a community college in the State University of New York...

Kansas v. Nebraska

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
In this case, plaintiff Kansas and defendant Nebraska engaged in litigation concerning a dispute over their rights to the waters of the Republican...

Reynolds v. Middleton

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In this case, plaintiff, a homeless man, challenges a Henrico County ordinance that prohibits solicitation within County roadways on grounds that the...