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Perry v. Schwarzenegger

Constitutional Law, Elections
In an appeal by the County of Imperial, its Board of Supervisors, and a Deputy Clerk for the County from the denial their motion to intervene in the...

Stinnet v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an African-American plaintiff's Title VII suit against the City of Chicago, claiming that its failure to promote him to field officer in the fire...

People v. Diaz

Evidence, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a conviction of defendant for selling Ecstasy, court of appeals' affirmance of the trial court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence of text...

US v. Chester

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for illegal possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(9) is vacated and remanded as, in light of District of...

LaBella Winnetka, Inc. v. Village of Winnetka

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against a town and the town manager, claiming various constitutional violations and a state law claim for intentional interference...

Gray v. Bush

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute over the trust funds for several cemeteries located in the Midwest, district court's dismissal of the suit on Burford abstention grounds...

Bd. of Regents of Univ. of Wisconsin Sys. v. Phoenix Int'l Software, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System's (Wisconsin) action challenging the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's (TTAB) grant of...

Hill v. Lappin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's pro se civil rights action against the director of the Bureau of Prisons and four prison staff members, seeking damages, a temporary...

Glassman v. Arlington County

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a taxpayer's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a county, Commonwealth of Virginia, a church, and a developer, claiming that the county's...

Bausch v. Stryker Corp.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit against manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of the Trident-brand ceramic-on-ceramic hip replacement system, claiming that she...