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Hagen v. City of Eugene

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The district court's denial of defendants' motion for judgment as a matter of law, in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action in which plaintiff alleged that...

In re Luke H

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
The juvenile court's order denying a petition for an order compelling petitioner's mother to make his non-dependent five-year-old sister available for...

Sandlands C&D LLC v. County of Horry

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendant-county in an action challenging the validity of defendant-county's Flow Control Ordinance, which prohibits disposal of...

Atlantic Marine Construction Co., Inc. v. US District Court for the Western District of Texas

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Construction, Contracts
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' denial of a petition for a writ of mandamus requesting the district court dismiss a construction dispute case...

US v. Woods

Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal's affirmation of the district court's holding that defendants' partnerships were properly disregarded as shams but...

Minority Television Project, Inc. v. FCC

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Media Law
Summary judgment in favor of the government in an action brought by plaintiff, a public television broadcaster, challenging, on First Amendment...

Ford Motor Co. v. US

Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In a suit to recover interest from the government on plaintiff's tax overpayment for the period between the payment and the ultimate refund, the Sixth...

In re Perdue

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A habeas corpus petition challenging petitioner's conviction for possession of body armor by a person who has been convicted of a violent felony, as...

Courtney v. Goltz

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Transportation, Water Law
Dismissal of an action in which plaintiffs challenged Washington statutes that require a certificate of "public convenience and necessity" in order to...

Hayes v. County of San Diego

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging violations of plaintiff's and her deceased father's...