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Gant v. Hartman

United States Seventh Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that a man who pleaded guilty to armed robbery may proceed with an excessive-force lawsuit against a police officer who shot him without...
05/14/2019 18-1287

Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt

United States Supreme Court
Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Held that a private citizen cannot sue one State in the courts of another. Overruled Nevada v. Hall, 440 U.S. 410 (1979), which had held that a State...
05/13/2019 17–1299

Carmona v Leo Ship Management, Inc.

United States Fifth Circuit
Injury & Tort Law, Constitutional Law
Affirmed in part. District court dismissed plaintiff's personal injury case stating the the court lacked personal jurisdiction and the Fifth circuit...
05/10/2019 18-20248

FilmOn.com Inc. v. DoubleVerify Inc.

Supreme Court of California
Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
Interpreting the state's anti-SLAPP statute, the California Supreme Court addressed whether the commercial nature of a defendant's speech is relevant...
05/06/2019 S244157

Pennewell v. Parish

United States Seventh Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that the district court ought to have appointed counsel for a legally blind, indigent Wisconsin state prisoner who was suing over alleged...
05/03/2019 18-3029

Goudy v. Cummings

United States Seventh Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that a man released from prison on a successful habeas corpus motion presented enough to go to trial on his allegation that the prosecution team...
05/01/2019 17‐3665

Shakouri v. Davis

United States Fifth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed the dismissal of an inmate's lawsuit against prison officials on the ground that his claims qualified as malicious.
05/01/2019 17-20738

Arenas v. Calhoun

United States Fifth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that a correctional officer acted lawfully when he delayed several minutes before attempting to rescue a prison inmate who was hanging himself....
04/26/2019 18-50194

Garza v. City of Donna

United States Fifth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that the survivors of a man who died by suicide while in jail may not proceed with their civil rights lawsuit against the city. Affirmed a...
04/26/2019 18-40044

Emmons v. City of Escondido

United States Ninth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, held that a police officer who grabbed the plaintiff and took him to the ground during an investigation of a...
04/25/2019 16-55771

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