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Smith v. City of Allentown

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against a city and its mayor claiming discrimination based upon his age and political affiliation after he was discharged as a...

Deweese v. Nat'l RR Passenger Corp.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a dispute arising from an accident in which a passenger was struck by an Amtrak train which resulted in a settlement with the passenger, but...

American Meat Inst. v. Leeman

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action by the plaintiffs-American Meat Institute and National Meat Association seeking a declaration that the consumer warnings required by the...

Gonzales v. Duran

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging an unlawful detention and interrogation during an investigation, judgment for defendants is affirmed where...

Knight v. Wiseman

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim against two correctional officers alleging violation of his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by...

Costa-Urena v. Segarra

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against various officials of Puerto Rico alleging plaintiffs were terminated from career positions they held with the...

US v. Rehak

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's convictions for conspiring to violate civil rights and theft of government property are affirmed where: 1) the fact that defendants were...

Monson v. Drug Enforcement Admin.

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action seeking a declaration that the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) did not apply to plaintiffs' planned cultivation of cannabis pursuant to...

People v. Lowery

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of defendant for threatening a victim or witness who provided assistance to law enforcement in a criminal proceeding where defendant was...