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City of Livermore v. Baca

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action for eminent domain by the City of Livermore seeking three takings of portions of commercial property owned by the appellant, a stipulated...

Asociacion de Periodistas de Puerto Rico v. Mueller

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Media Law
In a suit by several journalists against FBI agents, who the journalists alleged used excessive force against them during the execution of a search...

Lopez v. Brewer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 asserting that Arizona's lethal injection protocol violated the Eighth Amendment, the district court's denial...

Southerland v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
In a suit by a father and his children under 42 USC section 1983 asserting that a children's services caseworker employed by the City of New York...

Al Shimari v. CACI International, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In suits by former prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, alleging that the defendant prison contractors and certain of their employees were liable...

Couch v. Jabe

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit by a Sunni Muslim incarcerated in a state correctional facility, alleging that prison officials violated the Religious Land Use and...

Commack Self-Service Kosher Meats, Inc. v. Hooker

Constitutional Law
In a kosher deli's challenge to New York's Kosher Law Protection Act of 2004, the district court's dismissal of the complaint is affirmed, where: 1)...

GPX International Tire Corp. v. US

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Constitutional Law, International Trade
In a case in which a petition for rehearing was pending when Congress enacted legislation overturning the Federal Circuit's judgment and retroactively...

Sulla v. Board of Registered Nursing

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code
In a case in which the Board of Registered Nursing took disciplinary action against a licensee who was convicted of a misdemeanor after he caused a...

Karl v. City of Mountlake Terrace

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a former city employee under 42 USC section 1983, alleging retaliatory dismissal in violation of her First Amendment rights, the...