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Baharian-Mehr v. Smith

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute over accounting irregularities between partners in an adult entertainment business, trial court's denial of defendant's motion to strike...

Statchen v. Palmer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against police officers, claiming that they used excessive force in arresting him for public intoxication...

Sherman v. Koch

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a student's suit against an Illinois school superintendent and the school district, claiming that Section 1 of the Silent Reflection and Student...

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston v. Seger-Thomschitz

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, International Law
In an art museum's action for a declaratory judgment to confirm its rightful ownership of a painting, which a sole surviving heir of the painting's...

Jones v. Florida Parole Comm'n

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The Fourth District's affirmance of a dismissal of an inmate's petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the parole commission's determination...

Taylor v. Watkins

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against several officers and employees of the Illinois Department of Corrections, claiming that defendants...

Turley v. Gaetz

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a prisoner's pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983,claiming that a warden, guards and other employees at a correctional center retaliated...

Tracy v. Freshwater

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil rights action alleging excessive force by police, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part where a reasonable officer would have...

Graves v. Arpaio

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio's appeal from the district court's order requiring him to take affirmative measures to address...

DeFabio v. E. Hampton Union Free Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a case involving a student’s assertion of a First Amendment right to return to school and make a statement disavowing a racial slur attributed to...