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Capogrosso v. Advisory Comm. on Judicial Conduct

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Dismissal of an attorney's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against four New Jersey Superior Court judges, the New Jersey Advisory Committee on Judicial...

Cooey v. Strickland

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's order staying defendant's execution, based on preexisting litigation related to challenges to Ohio's method of execution including...

East Brooks Books, Inc. v. Shelby County, Tenn.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action brought by the operator of two bookstores that sell non-obscene sexually oriented material and restrict admissions to adults only...

Entm't Prod., Inc. v. Shelby County, Tenn.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Denial of plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction in their suit against the county challenging the constitutionality of the Tennessee...

Goldstein v. N.Y. State Urban Dev. Corp.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a state constitutional challenge to an eminent domain proceeding, judgment for respondent is affirmed where: 1) it was indisputable that the...

City of Anaheim v. Sup. Ct.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In proceedings arising from city's imposition of a "transient occupancy tax" against a number of online travel companies (OTC) in the collective...

Stratechuk v. Bd. of Educ., S. Orange-Maplewood Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit challenging school district's prohibition on celebratory religious music at school-sponsored events for the...

Walton v. N.Y. State Dept. of Corr. Servs.

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law
In an action alleging that the portion of a telephone charge for collect calls from inmates that was allocated as a commission to the department of...

Godfrey v. Spano

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a state constitutional challenge to two directives by executive and county officials that recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages for purposes of...

Hoffman St., LLC v. City of W. Hollywood

Constitutional Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs-developers' suit against the city challenging its extension of an interim ordinance restricting development in areas zoned for...