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People v. Maikhio

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Law
In a prosecution of defendant for misdemeanor fishing offenses, trial court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence is affirmed where: 1)...

Mingus v. Butler

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an inmate's action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and the ADA against a registered nurse at the Correctional Facility, judgment of the district court...

Avila v. Pappas

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a county treasurer and staff arising after plaintiff's acquittal on a charge of making threats against a...

Rever v. Acevedo

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief is affirmed as he failed to rebut the state trial court's factual finding that he...

Town of Tiburon v. Bonander

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In plaintiff-property owners' suit against a town challenging its supplemental assessment to place overhead utility lines underground, trial court's...

Etherly v. Schwartz

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In habeas proceedings of a defendant convicted of first degree murder when he was fifteen years old and sentenced to a forty-year term of...

Wilner v. Nat'l. Sec. Agency

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Military Law
In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) action filed by attorneys for Guantanamo Bay detainees seeking information regarding whether the government...

World Outreach Conference Center v. City of Chicago

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a consolidated case involving the rights of religious organizations to avoid having to comply with local land-use regulations, dismissal of the...

US v. Are

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction of defendants, known as the "Four Corner Hustlers" gang on the south side of Chicago, for drug conspiracy involving variety of illegal...

Hamblen v. US

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
District court's denial of a 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion to vacate a sentence for possession of machine guns and unregistered firearms by defendant,...