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M.F. Farming, Co. v. Couch Distributing Co.

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case concerning a conflict over the use of a parcel, owed by plaintiff but subject to an easement that plaintiff had granted to defendant decades...

Building Industry Association of Washington v. Washington State Building Code Council

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law
In an action brought by a building industry association, individual builders and contractors, challenging a 2009 state Building Code requirement that...

American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock

Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Elections, Government Law, Corp. Governance
In a case involving a Montana state law provides that a "corporation may not make . . . an expenditure in connection with a candidate or a political...

Miller v. Alabama

Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Juvenile Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In consolidated petitions for habeas corpus relief, where both petitioners were convicted of murder at the age of 14 and sentenced to a mandatory term...

Arizona v. US

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Immigration Law
In a case assessing the constitutionality of an Arizona statute known as S.B. 1070, which was enacted in 2010 to address pressing issues related to...

Thayer v. Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit against a law firm that handled plaintiff's class action suit, based on the attorneys' handling of the settlement proceeds in that action,...

Parks v. MBNA America Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
The National Bank Act of 1864 (13 Stat. 99) (NBA) preempts Civil Code section 1748.9, a California law requiring that certain disclosures accompany...

US v. Mak

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of conspiring to violate export control laws and attempting to export a defense article to the People’s Republic of China, in violation of...

Hutchins v. US Department of Labor

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits
In an action brought by a former letter carrier who was injured on the job and collected Workers' Compensation, alleging that the Department of...

Jabbar v. Fischer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Transportation
In an action brought by a state inmate who alleged violations of his constitutional rights when he was transported on a bus without a seatbelt and was...