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First Vagabonds Church of God v. City of Orlando

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action claiming that the City of Orlando's Large Group Feeding Ordinance, as applied to First Vagabonds Church of God and Orlando Food Not...

Orr v. Larkins

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action claiming that prison officials violated plaintiff's rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and under the Eighth...

US v. Johnson

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection
Defendants' mail fraud convictions are affirmed where: 1) defendants' courtroom behavior, although eccentric at times, would not have justified, let...

Comer v. Scott

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In an action claiming that the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) neutrality policy constituted an establishment of religion, in violation of the First...

US v. Blagojevich

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Entertainment Law, Media Law
In the criminal prosecution of former Illinois Governor Blagojevich, a district court's denial of motion to intervene brought by newspaper...

Kerchner v. Obama

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Sanctions
In plaintiffs' suit challenging the legitimacy of President Obama's citizenship, district court's dismissal is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs lack...

River of Life Kingdom Ministries v. Village of Hazel Crest

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
In a church's suit against a village under the equal-terms provision of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, seeking a...

Neumont v. Fla.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action by a class of property owners in Monroe County, Florida, seeking to stop the enforcement of an ordinance restricting vacation rentals,...

In the Interest of B.G.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law
In an action to terminate petitioner's parental rights in his four children, judgment of the court of appeals' affirming the trial court's holding...

Inst. Div. of the Texas Dep't of Criminal Justice v. Powell

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an inmate's section 1983 suit against the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and one of its officers, claiming...