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T.W. v. Sch. Bd. of Seminole Cty., Fla.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action claiming that defendant school board violated a disabled student's constitutional right to be free from excessive corporal punishment or...

Carpenter v. Repub. of Chile

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff was subject to abuse by the courts of Chile in a criminal case that was initiated in Santiago, Chile over ten...

McDonald v. City of Chicago

Government Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action against the City of Chicago alleging that the City's handgun ban left plaintiffs vulnerable to criminals, judgment for defendants is...

Restrepo v. Holder

Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
A Colombian national's petition for review of a decision denying his application for asylum and related relief is denied where: 1) BIA's denial of...

Kyle v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Administrative Law, Government Benefits
District court's affirmance of ALJ's determination that claimant was not disabled for Social Security purposes is affirmed where: 1) the ALJ's factual...

Scheffer v. Civ. Serv. Employees' Ass'n

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by public-sector employees who, as nonmembers of the union that represented them for collective-bargaining purposes, challenged...

Free Enterprise Fund v. Pub. Co. Acctg. Oversight Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Constitutional Law
In an action against the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and its members, seeking, inter alia, a declaratory judgment that the Board was...

Christian Legal Soc. v. Martinez

Government Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In an action against Hastings College of Law, a public law school, alleging that Hastings' refusal to grant a Christian group "Registered Student...

Wedgewood Ltd. P'ship I v. Township of Liberty

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a property owner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a town and its Board of Trustees, arising from an adoption of a zoning ordinance that...

Diaz-Garcia v. Holder

Government Law, Immigration Law
A Colombian citizen's petition for review of a decision denying his applications for asylum and related relief is denied as the IJ's negative...