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Moore v. Hosemann

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that the Mississippi Secretary of State wrongfully failed to place plaintiff on the presidential ballot,...

World Wide Street Preachers Fellowship v. Columbia

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant city and officers wrongfully interfered with anti-abortion protests, judgment for...

Levy v. Lexington County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In plaintiffs' action challenging a district's method of electing school board members claiming that the election process dilutes the voting strength...

Hendrickson v. Cooper

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against an officer at a prison facility claiming that the officer attacked him without justification,...

Mahaffey v. Ramos

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
District court's denial of a defendant's habeas petition, alleging that the prosecution violated the Fourteenth Amendment by excluding blacks from the...

Tuccio v. Marconi

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that a town selectman violated plaintiff's right to petition the government under the First Amendment by...

Turkmen v. Ashcroft

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
In an action claiming abuse, mistreatment, and detention of Arab and Muslim aliens who were held on immigration violations in the wake of the...

Earhart v. Konteh

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief from a conviction of rape of a child under thirteen years of age and related crimes is reversed and a...

Akins v. Epperly

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant-officers inadequately investigated an incident in which plaintiff was shot by another...

Hoog-Watson v. Guadalupe Cty.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant-officers conducted a warrantless search of plaintiff's property and seized her animals,...