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Lynch v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment to defendants on plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment challenge to the New York City Police Department's policy of administering a...

In re Scott H.

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law, Remedies
On remand from the California Supreme Court, the juvenile court's order of restitution for the victim and his family members entered after the...

Rivera v. Peri & Sons Farms, Inc.

Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
The dismissal of claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) brought by Mexican temporary farmworkers, hired through the H-2A program of the...

US v. Mehanna

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendant's convictions and sentence for multiple terrorism related charges are affirmed, where: 1) the convictions are supported by the evidence and...

Michelle K. v. Superior Court

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
A petition for writ relief brought on behalf of an incompetent person, Michelle, to prevent the trial court from conducting an evidentiary hearing on...

Cooper v. Sheehan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, as well as state law claims, arising from an incident in which defendant-officers shot...

Hupp v. Freedom Communications

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Media Law
The trial court's grant of defendant's special motion to strike plaintiff's complaint alleging that defendant breached its user agreement with...

Parker v. State of California

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action challenging a statutory scheme within the Penal Code, known as the Anti-Gang Neighborhood Protection Act, regarding the sale, display,...

People v. Dolezal

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Insurance Law
Defendant's conviction for unlawful contact for bail solicitation is affirmed, where the narrowly tailored restriction on commercial speech...

Burt v. Titlow

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The Sixth Circuit erred in reversing the lower court's denial of a prisoner's habeas corpus petition, challenging her second degree murder conviction...