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Gonzalez-Fuentes v. Molina

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by former inmates and a petition for habeas relief by inmates, re-imprisoned after being admitted into an...

Davis v. Oregon County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by a pretrial detainee at the Oregon County jail asserting that defendants violated his rights in failing to ensure his safety after a...

Grossmith v. Noonan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In plaintiff's civil rights suit against two police officers arising out of his arrest for shooting his neighbor's dog, judgment of the district court...

Comite de Jornaleros de Redondo Beach v. City of Redondo Beach

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
In a First Amendment challenge to Redondo Beach Municipal Code section 3-7.1601, which prohibits the act of standing on a street or highway and...

In re the City of New York

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a civil right action brought by protesters and others who were arrested at the 2004 Republican National Convention (RNC), the City of New York's...

Am. Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky v. McCreary County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a highly publicized case involving the display of framed copies of the Ten Commandments in Kentucky county courthouses, judgment of the district...

People v. Wilkinson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Sentencing
Trial court's order to have petitioner committed to the California Department of Developmental Services for placement is reversed where the trial...

Walgreen Co. v. City and County of San Francisco

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiff-Walgreen's challenge to a San Francisco ordinance banning the sale of tobacco products in certain retail establishments that contain a...

Little v. Jones

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) and several employees and officials at a prison...

Awad v. Obama

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
In a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) there was no...