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Keys v. Bowen

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a petition for writ of mandate filed by what have come to be known as "Birthers," against the Secretary of State, President Obama, Vice President...

Raiche v. Pietroski

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's civil rights suit against a police officer for injuries sustained as a result of excessive force during arrest, district court's denial...

Moore v. Kaufman

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Remedies, Sanctions
In proceedings arising after the superior court found petitioner in contempt for refusing to comply with an order to answer questions at a judgment...

Farina v. Nokia Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit against various cell phone manufacturers and retailers of wireless handheld telephones, claiming that cell phones, as...

Antounian v. Malletier

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In plaintiffs' suit for malicious prosecution against defendant-manufacturers of luxury goods, Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, the manufacturers'...

Evans-Marshall v. Bd. of Educ. of the Tipp City Exempted Vill. Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a teacher's section 1983 suit against a school board and other individuals, claiming that defendants had retaliated against her curricular and...

US v. Holy Land Found. for Relief & Dev.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Remedies, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In third-party movant's appeal from the district court's holding that movant's Fifth Amendment rights were violated by its public naming in an...

Smith v. Almada

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In an action for false arrest, malicious prosecution, and suppression of exculpatory evidence, and raising a substantive due process claim for...

Dodd v. Jones

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against Missouri police officers, alleging that they failed to protect plaintiff from an intoxicated driver...

Freedom Holdings, Inc. v. Cuomo

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In Sherman Act and Commerce Clause challenges to New York's Escrow and Contraband Statutes, enacted in furtherance of a 1998 Master Settlement...