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Brown v. City of Huntsville

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action bringing federal and state claims for false arrest and excessive force by the police, the district court's grant of summary judgment to...

Miller v. Sanilac County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit claiming various constitutional violations against him during a traffic stop and arrest for several traffic...

Lewis v. Wheeler

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a conviction of defendant for capital murder for hire and related crimes for the murders of her husband and stepson, district court's denial of...

Harrington v. Cty. of Suffolk

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 asserting that defendants deprived plaintiffs of a property interest protected by the Due Process...

White Oak Prop. Dev., LLC v. Washington Township

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Property Law & Real Estate
In a housing developer's suit against a town and its trustees, alleging various claims of constitutional violations, district court's grant of...

Harris v. Ricci

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In habeas proceedings arising from a conviction for murder and a sentence of death, a denial of defendant's petition is affirmed as defendant has not...

Chaparro v. Ruiz-Hernandez

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by a group of twenty-two contract employees against a Puerto Rican municipality and its officers, a grant of...

US v. Farley

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence for knowingly crossing "a State line" with intent to engage in a sexual act with a person under the age of twelve...

Barnes-Wallace v. San Diego

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action claiming that the Boy Scouts' lease of public lands for its headquarters, accompanied by the Boy Scouts' prohibitions on atheism and...

Plouffe v. Ligon

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action seeking to enjoin attorney disciplinary proceedings that defendant initiated against plaintiff, dismissal of the action is affirmed where...