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Simmons v. Navajo County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action against county jail personnel claiming that they negligently permitted the suicide of an inmate, summary judgment for...

Sides v. Cherry

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a former inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against various prison officials, jury verdict in favor of the defendants is affirmed where: 1)...

Terry v. Hubert

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action brought by a former inmate detained (for about 7 months) following Hurricane Katrina alleging violations of plaintiff's First Amendment...

Real Estate Bar Ass'n for Massachusetts, Inc. v. Nat'l Real Estate Info. Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In the Real Estate Bar Association's suit against defendant for unauthorized practice of law, judgment of the district court is vacated in part,...

Rodriguez-Garcia v. Miranda-Marin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a municipal employee's suit claiming that she was transferred to another position in retaliation for testimony she gave before the Puerto Rico...

Junkert v. Massey

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In an attorney's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit claiming that searches of her law office and residence for stolen laptop computers and controlled...

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a constitutional challenge to 18 U.S.C. section 2339B(a)(1), which prohibited knowingly providing material support or resources to a foreign...

Elliot v. Carcieri

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In a class action lawsuit on behalf of foster care children who are under the legal custody of Rhode Island's Department of Children, Youth and...

US v. Jackson

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of a motion to suppress in a prosecution for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed as the district court's judgment was neither...

Hill v. Schofield

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where Georgia's requirement of proof of mental retardation beyond a...