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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Indian Law
In dispute arising under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) between an adoptive couple and the biological father of the child who had previously...

Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute involving plaintiff's attempt to obtain permits from defendant to develop a section of his property, defendant's denial of plaintiff's...

Shelby County v. Holder

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, which provides the "coverage formula," defining the "covered jurisdictions" as States or political subdivisions...

Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. v. Bartlett

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
State-law design-defect claims that turn on the adequacy of a drug's warnings are pre-empted by federal law under PLIVA. Inc. v. Mensing, which held...

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Title VII retaliation claims must be proved according to traditional principles of but-for causation, not the lessened causation test stated in 42...

Vance v. Ball State University

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
An employee is a "supervisor" for purposes of vicarious liability under Title VII only if he or she is empowered by the employer to take tangible...

US v. Kebodeaux

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
The registration requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, as applied to defendant, fall within the scope of Congress'...

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Because the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit did not hold defendant-University to the demanding burden of strict scrutiny articulated in...

In re M.P.

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
In delinquency case, the trial court's order appointing a guardian ad litem (GAL) for the mother and denial of the request to hold a Marsden-type...

Sanders County Republican Central Committee v. Fox

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections, Government Law, Judges & Judiciary
The district court's permanent injunction enjoining defendants, Montana's Attorney General and Commissioner of Political Practices, from enforcing in...