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Henslee v. Keller

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a suit by an inmate alleging that North Carolina Department of Correction's Alexander Correctional Institute's failure to enforce its grooming...

Perry v. Brown

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law
In a petition for rehearing en banc regarding Proposition 8, California's voter-approved gay marriage ban, the matter failed to receive a majority of...

Reichle v. Howards

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit alleging 42 U.S.C. section 1983 violations and a Bivens claim when plaintiff was arrested and searched without probable cause, in violation...

Massachusetts v. Dep't of Health and Human Services

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Benefits
Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is ruled unconstitutional as a violation of equal protection, where: 1) intermediate scrutiny was not...

Mendoza v. City of West Covina

Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a wrongful death suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that a police officer used unconstitutionally excessive force while the decedent was in...

Schechner v. KPIX-TV

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an action by two TV news reporters alleging that their employer discriminated against them on the basis of age, in violation of the California Fair...

Marsh v. County of San Diego

Media Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a mother's suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against a retired police officer and his county employer, alleging that the officer's copying and...

Snow v. McDaniel

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In a prisoner's suit under 42 USC section 1983 alleging that the doctors and wardens in the Nevada Department of Corrections were deliberately...

Wilhelm v. Rotman

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In a suit under 42 USC section 1983 against two prison doctors, alleging that their delay in treating the plaintiff's hernia amounted to deliberate...

James v. City of Costa Mesa

Civil Rights, Health Law
In a case in which the plaintiffs alleged that two cities, by interfering with their access to the medical marijuana they use to manage their...