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Mosher v. Nelson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiffs' civil rights action brought following the death of their son against a facility operated by the Massachusetts Department of Corrections...

Derick B. Sup. Ct.

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law
A juvenile defendant's petition for a writ of prohibition to bar the juvenile court from imposing a Fourth Amendment waiver condition is granted and...

People v. Saleem

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for possession of body armor by a person previously convicted of a violent felony, with prior serious felony and prior prison...

Pro's Sports Bar & Grill, Inc. v. City of Country Club Hills

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a dispute between a bar and a city over a liquor license with hours restrictions, grant of a preliminary injunction based on a due process claim is...

US v. Hester

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for traveling in interstate commerce and failing to register or update his sex offender registration in violation of the Sex...

Vasquez v. Starks

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that, in two separate incidents, Kansas state authorities falsely arrested plaintiff and filed falsified...

Walker v. Kelly

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In habeas proceedings, defendant's conviction and death sentence are affirmed where: 1) the district court properly conducted an evidentiary hearing...

Act Now To Stop the War and End Racism Coalition v. Dist. of Colum.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action claiming that certain regulations of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation governing the placement of posters in the...

US v. Battis

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In defendant's challenge to his conviction for attempted homicide and related offenses arising from a fight at a bar, judgment of the district court...

American Road & Transp. Builders Ass'n. v. EPA

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
In a petition for review of certain EPA Clean Air Act regulations, the petition is dismissed where National Mining Ass'n. v. U.S. Dept. of Interior,...