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Nunez v. Duncan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a Bivens action arising out of an allegedly unlawful strip search of a prisoner, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff...

Gilbert v. Illinois State Bd. Educ.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's action against the Board of Education of a High School District arising from his discharge as a high school social studies teacher and...

El-Ganayni v. US Dep't of Energy

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against the Department of Energy (DOE) and its Acting Deputy Secretary claiming that the revocation of his security clearance and...

US v. Volungus

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's holding that Congress lacked constitutional authority to enact a provision under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act,...

Bradley v. State of Florida

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Defendant's request for habeas relief and a conviction for first-degree murder-for-hire of a woman's husband and sentence of death are affirmed as,...

Cunningham v. Dist. Atty.'s Office for Escambia County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action by a prisoner seeking an order requiring Alabama authorities to send certain evidence to a forensic laboratory of...

Herriman v. Bell

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Elections, Government Law
In an Equal Protection challenge to a Utah statute that allowed cities, through an election open only to residents in the proposed new district, to...

US v. Guzman

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In the government's appeal from a dismissal of defendants' indictments for failing to register as sex offenders under the Sex Offender Registration...

C.N. v. Willmar Pub. Schs.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Health Law
In an action under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 based on the alleged maltreatment of an autistic...

Bivens v. Trent

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against his Illinois state police supervisors claiming that they retaliated against him because he...