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Liberty Synergistics Inc. v. Microflo Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court improperly held that California’s anti-SLAPP rule became inapplicable after plaintiff's malicious prosecution suit was transferred...

County of LA v. LA County Employee Relations Commission (Service Employees International Union)

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Court of Appeal's conclusion that plaintiff-county's non-union member employees were entitled to notice and an opportunity to opt out before their...

Engebretson v. Mahoney

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The district court's dismissal of a complaint seeking damages for an alleged illegal term of probation is affirmed, where prison officials enjoy...

US v. Rosen

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law
Defendant's convictions of honest services mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit bribery for paying sham consulting fees to current and former...

Libertarian Party of Virginia v. Judd

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections
In a 1983 action in which plaintiffs challenge a Virginia law that requires signatures on nominating petitions be witnessed either by the candidate...

Lupera-Espinoza v. Attorney General of the United States of America

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
The Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision ordering petitioner deported is affirmed, where: 1) the BIA correctly held that petitioner was...

McQuiggin v. Perkins

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The Sixth Circuit's holding that that defendant's actual-innocence claim allowed him to present his ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim as if it...

Trevino v. Thaler

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Where, as here, a State's procedural framework, by reason of its design and operation, makes it highly unlikely in a typical case that a defendant...

Managed Pharmacy Care v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court's decisions in four cases are reversed and remanded, and the preliminary injunctions prohibiting the California Department of...

Din v. Kerry

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
The district court's order granting the Government's motion to dismiss a claim for a writ of mandamus filed by petitioner, a United States citizen, to...