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Pitts v. Delaware

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law alleging false arrest, illegal seizure, malicious prosecution, and deprivation of equal...

US v. Gupta

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction and sentencing of defendant on one count of immigration fraud is affirmed where the exclusion of the public from the courtroom during voir...

Bond v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In a case challenging Congress' constitutional authority to enact 18 U.S.C. section 229, which forbids knowing possession or use, for nonpeaceful...

J. D. B. v. North Carolina

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence, Juvenile Law
In a dispute involving the significance of a custodial suspect's age in Miranda analysis, judgment of the appeals court affirming the denial of...

Davis v. US

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In a dispute arising from an automobile search incident to the arrest of a recent occupant, judgment of the appeals court affirming denial of...

In the Matter of L&M Bus Corp.

Government Contracts, Contracts, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a dispute involving the standard of review for challenges to a contract award by the state Department of Education, judgment of appellate division...

J.S. v. Blue Mountain Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a Section 1983 action challenging the imposition of punishment by defendant-school district for conduct that occurred on MySpace, judgment of the...

Layshock v. Hermitage Sch. Dist.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Cyberspace Law
In an action challenging the imposition of punishment by defendant-school district for conduct that occurred on MySpace, summary judgment in favor of...

Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan

Government Law, Gaming Law, Constitutional Law
In a First Amendment challenge to Nevada's Ethics in Government Law (Statute), Nev. Rev. Stat. section281A.420(2), judgment of the state supreme court...

Sander v. State Bar of California

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law
In an action for a writ of mandate to compel the State Bar to release bar admissions records, judgment of the trial court in favor of the Bar is...