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Steen v. Appellate Division, Superior Court (People)

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
A petition for writ of mandate challenging petitioner's conviction for the misdemeanor of willfully violating her written promise to appear, is...

Nordstrom v. Ryan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Dismissal of an action brought by plaintiff-state prisoner who alleged constitutional violations when prison officials read a confidential letter he...

Dwyer v. Cappell

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action to enjoin enforcement of an attorney-conduct guideline that bans advertising with quotations from judicial opinions unless the opinions...

Experience Hendrix, LLC v. HendrixLicensing.com

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Judgment for plaintiff, which owns trademarks that it uses to sell and license products related to deceased rock legend Jimi Hendrix, in an action...

In re J.T.

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
The juvenile court's order terminating jurisdiction over Mother's son, and granting regular visitation rights to the paternal grandmother, is...

Coons v. Lew

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Tax Law
The district court's judgment in favor of defendant-federal officials in an action alleging a facial constitutional challenge to two provisions of the...

Cherry v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In a constitutional challenge to defendant-city's decision changing the manner in which annual increases to pension benefits are calculated, which...

Ringgold-Lockhart v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Sanctions
The district court's order declaring plaintiffs vexatious litigants and imposing a pre-filing order is vacated and remanded, where: 1) in light of the...

McGrath v. Tavares

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant-police officers in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, alleging that defendant-police officers used excessive force in...

1256 Hertel Avenue Associates v. Calloway

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
The 2005 amendment to N.Y. C.P.L.R. 5206, which increased New York's homestead exemption from $10,000 to $50,000, applies to a judgment lien obtained...