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Godin v. Schencks

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former elementary school principal's suit against a school board and a union, claiming violation of her due process rights under 42 U.S.C....

Guggenheim v. City of Goleta

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the City of Santa Barbara claiming that its rent control ordinance was a taking of plaintiffs' property without compensation, and...

WiAV Solutions, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit related to signal transmission, as well as encoding and decoding of data, district court's decision that plaintiff...

Miles Christi Religious Order v. Township of Northville

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by a religious order and two of its members under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and the Federal and...

Robinson v. Endovascular Technologies, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiff's products liability and personal injury suit against defendants for suffering severe injuries after he was implanted with the Ancure...

Eckerman v. Tennesee Dep't of Safety

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a patrolman's civil rights suit claiming that he was demoted from lieutenant to sergeant and suffered other minor employment actions and...

US v. City of Arcata

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action by the U.S. seeking to enjoin the Arcata Youth Protection Act and the Eureka Youth Protection Act, prohibiting agents or employees of the...

Lamboy-Ortiz v. Ortiz-Velez

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In former police officers' suit against a mayor and various members of a police department, each of whom belong to the opposition Popular Democratic...

US v. Ramos

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a prosecution of defendant for illegally transporting aliens in Charlestown, Massachusetts, district court's denial of defendant's motion to...

MCI Sales & Serv., Inc. v. Hinton

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In plaintiffs' suit against the manufacturer, importer, and distributor of a motorcoach arising from a serious automobile accident, claiming that the...