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People v. Traugott

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of defendant for possession of methamphetamine for sale and two related misdemeanor drug crimes is reversed as defendant's state...

Dique v. New Jersey State Police

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiff's Fourteenth Amendment claim for selective-enforcement, arising from his 1990 traffic stop that led to his conviction for drug related...

Flanory v. Bonn

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In a pro se prisoner's section 1983 suit against various prison officials and others claiming violation of his Eighth Amendment right, dismissal of...

Berry v. Peterman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a nurse, a doctor and jail administrator for violating his Eighth Amendment right for refusing to...

Florer v. Congregation Pidyon Shevuyim

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act claiming that defendants improperly denied or...

Penley v. Eslinger

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a civil rights action alleging excessive force by police, summary judgment for defendant-officers is affirmed where the decedent's act of bringing...

Estate of Oliva v. Dep't of Law & Pub. Safety

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by the estate of a now deceased state trooper who committed suicide, claiming harassment by numerous individuals connected with the State...

Goudy v. Basinger

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief is reversed and remanded where: 1) the Court of Appeals of Indiana unreasonably...

Thomas v. Cook County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a county, county sheriff, and correctional officers, arising from her son's death of pneumococcal...

Bright v. US

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a putative class action lawsuit, brought by landowners seeking compensation under the Fifth Amendment pursuant to the Tucker Act for the alleged...