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Walker v. Kelly

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief seeking to prevent his execution is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not...

J.R. v. Gloria

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' action raising substantive due process claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law claims under Rhode Island negligence law for...

Weintraub v. Bd. of Educ.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that a school district violated plaintiff-teacher's First Amendment rights by retaliating against him based on his filing of a...

Siesta Village Mkt. LLC v. Steen

Constitutional Law
In a dormant Commerce Clause challenge to a Texas law allowing alcohol retailers to ship to the door of their local consumers, partial summary...

Weise v. Casper

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a Bivens action based on the exclusion of plaintiffs, by volunteers acting under government supervision, from a speech by then-President Bush,...

US v. Warren

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of a defendant for bank robbery and using a firearm during a robbery at the second trial after the jury in the first trial was unable to...

McGee v. Bartow

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
In defendant's action for habeas relief claiming that his civil commitment as a sexually violent person (SVP) deprives him of his right to due process...

US v. Phipps

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Tax Law
Defendant's tax fraud conviction is affirmed where: 1) a rational jury could find that a fax sent by a participant in defendant's investment program...

McDermott v. Ampersand Pub'g., LLC

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an action under the the National Labor Relations Act seeking an injunction to reinstate employees whom defendant-newspaper discharged for union...

Singer v. Raemisch

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against prison officials alleging that the confiscation of his Dungeons and Dragons game materials and...