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Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii, Inc. v. Holder

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Indian Law
In a suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief barring the government from enforcing the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) against the plaintiffs,...

Moss v. US Secret Service

Elections, Government Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit stemming from a protest demonstration against President Bush during the 2004 presidential campaign: 1) the district court's ruling denying...

Disability Advocates, Inc. v. New York Coalition for Quality Assisted Living, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law
In a suit brought by a private nonprofit organization contracted to provide services to New York State's protection and advocacy system under the...

Ahlers v. Rabinowitz

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought by a plaintiff who had been civilly committed after his release from prison, alleging that psychiatric...

Rehberg v. Paulk

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that a chief investigator for a district attorney's office had conspired to present and did present...

Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment violations, in which the petitioner argued for a rule that persons...

Rehmani v. Superior Court (Ericsson, Inc.)

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a case asserting claims of workplace harassment based on national origin and religion in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, a writ...

Rojas-Velazquez v. Figueroa-Sancha

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under 42 USC section 1983 alleging that the defendants violated the plaintiff's First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by taking adverse...

Bader v. Wrenn

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a prisoner's challenge under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) to his transfer to another prison, based on its lack...

Macfarlan v. Ivy Hill SNF, LLC

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit bringing claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Rehabilitation Act, and Pennsylvania...