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Amore v. Novarro

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil rights action alleging a false arrest, a denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity is reversed where the district court erred...

Tevlin v. Spencer

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief from his convictions for first-degree murder, armed robbery, and assault and battery...

Johnson v. Rancho Santiago Comm. Coll. Dist.

Constitutional Law, Construction, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging a public project labor agreement as preempted by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Employee Retirement Income...

Marksmeier v. Davie

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a section 1983 action claiming that defendant-officers arrested plaintiff for sexual assault without probable cause, summary judgment for...

Byrne v. Rutledge

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action alleging that Vermont’s denial of plaintiff's requested vanity license plate, on the grounds that it contained a religious message in...

Florida Educ. Ass'n v. Florida Dep't of State

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Elections
In plaintiffs' challenge to Amendment 8, a legislatively proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution concerning class size, trial court's judgment...

Luchtel v. Hagemann

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action claiming that defendant-officers lacked probable cause to arrest her, and that excessive force was used by the officers, summary judgment...

Palka v. Shelton

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former deputy sheriff's section 1983 suit against Cook County, the City of Chicago, a sheriff, and other individuals, claiming that defendants...

Community House, Inc. v. Boise

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the City of Boise and the Boise City Council, alleging, among other things, that the anticipated lease of a building to a...

Scott v. State of Texas

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution of defendant for harassment, court of appeals' reversal of the conviction in holding that two subsections of a harassment statute,...