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Oliver v. Fiorino

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive force by police, denial of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds to defendants is...

Rhode Island Fishermen's Alliance, Inc. v. Rhode Island Dep't of Envtl. Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' case challenging the constitutionality of regulations promulgated by defendants imposing restrictions on lobster fishing, district...

People v. Rotroff

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
Trial court's order of commitment of a defendant for an indeterminate terms that followed his waiver of a jury trial and submission upon documentary...

Lucas v. Montgomery

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's petition for habeas relief, arguing that revocation of his good-conduct credit violated his constitutional due process rights, is denied...

Lone Star Sec. & Video, Inc. v. Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging the improper towing of plaintiff's vehicles under an ordinance that plaintiff contended was preempted by...

Alvis v. County of Ventura

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' case against county alleging dangerous condition of public property, nuisance and inverse condemnation arising from a massive landslide...

McSherry v. Long Beach

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising from the faulty imprisonment of now-exonerated plaintiff for almost fourteen years, summary judgment for...

Sch. Dist. of the City of Pontiac v. Sec'y of the U.S. Dep't of Educ.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs-school districts' suit seeking a declaratory judgment that they need not comply with the No Child Left Behind Act's (NCLB) requirements...

Merryfield v. Jordan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action concerning the conditions of plaintiff's involuntary confinement at a state hospital, dismissal of the complaint is...

Hall v. Witteman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Media Law
In an action alleging that defendants unlawfully conspired to remove plaintiff's political ad from a newspaper, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed...