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US v. Brunner

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Military Law
Defendant's conviction and sentence for knowingly failing to register and update his sex offender registration as required by the Sex Offender...

Fahs Construction Group, Inc. v. Gray

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Dismissal of plaintiff-contractor's First Amendment and Equal Protections claims against defendant, a construction supervisor with the Department of...

Albanese v. Menounos

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought by plaintiff, a stylist, against defendant, a television personality, for defamation and other torts, the trial court's order...

Ching v. Mayorkas

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Summary judgment for the government in plaintiffs' action challenging the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service's denial of...

Lemire v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Summary judgment to defendants on plaintiff's 1983 action arising from the apparent suicide of an inmate in the California prison system is: 1)...

Santos v. Frederick County Board of Commissioners

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Summary judgment to defendants in plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against defendants alleging that defendant-deputies violated her Fourth...

Ackerman v. ExxonMobil Corporation

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A district court order abstaining from exercising jurisdiction in a putative class action alleging several state law causes of action for the...

Edmonson v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Co.

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, ERISA, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's claims that defendant breached its fiduciary duty of loyalty under ERISA when it chose to pay her life...

Shoemaker v. Taylor

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's denial of petitioner's habeas corpus petition challenging his misdemeanor convictions for multiple counts of possessing and...

B.H. v. Easton Area School District

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
A preliminary injunction enjoining defendant's ban on middle-schoolers wearing bracelets bearing the slogan "I ♥ boobies! (KEEP A BREAST)" as part of...