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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Lockheed Martin Corporation

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a contractor's suit against Pennsylvania (PA) and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), alleging that the District Court erred...

Perry v. Brown

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law
In a petition for rehearing en banc regarding Proposition 8, California's voter-approved gay marriage ban, the matter failed to receive a majority of...

Armour v. Indianapolis

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Water Law
In an Equal Protection action brought by homeowners to obtain a refund of money paid to a city to fund a public works sewer project after the city...

Reichle v. Howards

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit alleging 42 U.S.C. section 1983 violations and a Bivens claim when plaintiff was arrested and searched without probable cause, in violation...

Nordyke v. King

Constitutional Law
In a case in which plaintiffs who sought to conduct gun shows at the Alameda County fairgrounds had been denied, their Second Amendment challenges are...

US v. Decastro

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
A conviction under 18 USC section 922(a)(3) for transporting into New York a firearm acquired in another state is affirmed, where: 1) the defendant...

Juror Number One v. Superior Court (Royster)

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law
In a criminal proceeding in which the court entered an order requiring a juror to execute a consent form pursuant to the Stored Communications Act...

Massachusetts v. Dep't of Health and Human Services

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Benefits
Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is ruled unconstitutional as a violation of equal protection, where: 1) intermediate scrutiny was not...

Mendoza v. City of West Covina

Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a wrongful death suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that a police officer used unconstitutionally excessive force while the decedent was in...

City of Colton v. Singletary

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In litigation over a developer's agreement to construct infrastructure in a city as part of a subdivision plan, in which the trial court granted the...