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US v. Alvarez

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Military Law
Defendant's conviction for falsely verbally claiming to have received the Congressional Medal of Honor is reversed where the Stolen Valor Act lacked...

Shannon v. Koehler

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action alleging that defendant-officer violated the Fourth Amendment by using excessive force in arresting plaintiff, a denial of qualified...

McKenna v. Honsowetz

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against two police officers who responded to a 911 report that plaintiff was having a medical seizure and...

Stearns v. Clarkson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action arising out of plaintiff's arrest and strip search, a denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment is affirmed in part where the...

Wolfson v. Brammer

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In an action by a candidate for judicial office in Arizona, challenging several canons of the Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct (Code) that restricted...

US v. Green

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In defendant's appeal challenging a condition of his supervised release prohibiting him from associating with members of criminal street gangs or...

ACORN v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Remedies, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action challenging provisions in several federal appropriations laws barring the distribution of federal funds to ACORN and its affiliates,...

Abcarian v. McDonald

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit against a university and number of its employees, claiming that defendants' reporting of a settlement of a medical malpractice...

Physicians Comm. for Responsible Med. v. McDonald's Corp.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a nonprofit organization's suit against several chain restaurant corporations, seeking an injunction, civil penalties, and declaratory judgment...

Boroian v. Mueller

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's suit challenging the government's retention and use of his DNA profile and sample now that he has successfully completed his term of...