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Moss v. US Secret Service

Elections, Government Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit stemming from a protest demonstration against President Bush during the 2004 presidential campaign: 1) the district court's ruling denying...

Ahlers v. Rabinowitz

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought by a plaintiff who had been civilly committed after his release from prison, alleging that psychiatric...

Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Brown

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a suit by California high school and college students against the governor and the president of the University of California (UC) alleging that...

Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment violations, in which the petitioner argued for a rule that persons...

US ex rel. Drakeford v. Tuomey Healthcare System, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In a case in which the United States alleged that a hospital entered into compensation arrangements with certain physicians that violated the Stark...

Rojas-Velazquez v. Figueroa-Sancha

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under 42 USC section 1983 alleging that the defendants violated the plaintiff's First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by taking adverse...

Bader v. Wrenn

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a prisoner's challenge under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) to his transfer to another prison, based on its lack...

Zivotofsky v. Clinton

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Immigration Law, International Law, Judges & Judiciary
In a case in which parents of a child born in Jerusalem sought to have the child's place of birth recorded in his passport as "Israel" as allowed by a...

Cuff v. Valley Central School District

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a suit under 42 USC section 1983 by parents of an elementary school student, alleging that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was...

Emeldi v. University of Oregon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a suit alleging that a university prevented the plaintiff from completing a Ph.D. program in retaliation for having complained of gender-based...