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National Meat Association v. Harris

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a suit by a trade association representing meatpackers and processors to enjoin enforcement of a California statute affecting swine...

Ryburn v. Huff

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action under 42 USC section 1983 alleging that police officers violated the plaintiffs’ Fourth Amendment rights by entering their home without a...

Lebron v. Rumsfeld

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Military Law
In a suit by a prisoner and his mother seeking a declaration that government defendants’ policies were unconstitutional, an order enjoining his future...

US v. Carter

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution under 18 USC section 922(g)(3) for possessing a firearm while being an unlawful user of marijuana in which the defendant's...

US v. Jones

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, the judgment of the Court of Appeals for...

Massachusetts Delivery Ass'n v. Coakley

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a civil rights suit brought in federal court against the Massachusetts Attorney General by a business trade association asserting that a state law...

People v. Hartshorn

Constitutional Law, Health Law
On appeal from an order granting a petition to extend the appellant's commitment to Porterville Developmental Center pursuant to Welfare and...

Perry v. Perez

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In cases challenging redistricting plans in Texas for race discrimination under the federal Constitution and section 2 of the Voting Rights Act,...

US v. Brown

Evidence, Tax Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
On consolidated appeals of a husband and wife convicted of various offenses stemming from their refusal to surrender after conviction on tax-evasion...

Hearts Bluff Game Ranch, Inc. v. US

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a suit for just compensation under the Fifth Amendment for an alleged taking based on the Army Corps of Engineers' denial of a landowner's proposal...