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McCullen v. Coakley

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In 1983 action and First Amendment challenge to Massachusetts statute that fixes a thirty-five-foot buffer zone around the entrances, exits, and...

US v. Huff

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In appeal of ten month sentence following the revocation of defendant's supervised release, appeal is dismissed as moot, where: 1) a litigant who is...

Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc.

Trademark, Sports Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property
In trademark infringement and invalidity dispute, judgment dismissing suit as moot is affirmed, where: 1) under the voluntary cessation doctrine, Nike...

Smith v. US

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In appeal from conviction of conspiracy charges for role in illegal drug business, judgment is affirmed, where: 1) a criminal defendant bears the...

B.S. v. Somerset County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law
In 1983 action against defendant county and its employees by Mother claiming violation of her constitutional rights when they secured and effectuated...

Los Angeles County Flood Control Dist. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
In citizen suit against defendant-district brought under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for alleged violations of its permit to discharge storm water into...

Ryan v. Valencia Gonzales

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In federal habeas corpus appeals, judgment of the Ninth Circuit is reversed and judgment of the Sixth Circuit is vacated and remanded, where: 1) the...

Peralta v. Dillard

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In 1983 action against defendant prison dentist alleging deliberate indifference to plaintiff-prisoner's medical needs related to his dental care,...

US v. Pruess

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In challenge to the constitutionality of defendant's conviction for possession of ammunition as a convicted felon where defendant is a non-violent...

Lane v. Holder

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
In action challenging federal laws restricting interstate transfers of handguns and Virginia state law prohibiting firearms dealers from selling...