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Browning v. Florida Hometown Democracy, Inc., PAC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Decision of the First District of Court of Appeal that the signature-revocation provisions of section 100.371, Florida Statutes and associated...

Marez v. Bassett

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an action against a municipal utility regulator alleging that the agency violated the First Amendment by engaging in adverse action against...

US v. Stephens

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In the government's appeal from the district court's order holding that it would be unconstitutional to impose a curfew and electronic monitoring...

Foster v. Booker

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought by inmates against the Michigan Parole Board and the Director of the Michigan of...

V.S. v. Muhammad

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on the termination of plaintiff's parental rights due to an allegedly false diagnosis of shaken baby...

Forsyth v. Spencer

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief claiming that his plea was based upon inaccurate and incomplete information and...

Reinhardt v. Albuquerque Pub. Schs. Bd. of Educ.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a First Amendment and Rehabilitation Act action based on defendant public school system's reduction of plaintiff to a standard contract to work...

US v.Taylor

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute it is affirmed where: 1) the initial stop of the vehicle and the...

Flanigan's Enters., Inc. v. Fulton Cty., Ga.

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an First Amendment challenge to an ordinance prohibiting the sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol in adult entertainment establishments,...

McDaniel v. Schenectady

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiffs' appeal from an attorney's fee award in a class action challenging defendant-county's strip search policy, the award is affirmed where...