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Hanes v. Zurick

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a civil rights case claiming police denied plaintiff and only plaintiff equal protection of the law (based on personal animus), district court's...

Rodriguez v. Plymouth Ambulance Service, et. al.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case alleging violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment against private entities under 42 U.S.C....

Bayer v. Monroe County Children and Youth Servs.

Constitutional Law, Juvenile Law
In a procedural due process action involving an allegedly unconstitutional delay in holding a juvenile dependency hearing, district court judgment is...

Shomo v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action claiming medical indifference in violation of the Eighth Amendment, district court judgment is affirmed in part and vacated in part...

Schor v. City of Chicago

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
In an action challenging the constitutionality of a Chicago municipal ordinance prohibiting the use of wireless telephones without a "hands-free"...

Lefkoe v. Jos. A. Bank Clothiers

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
In an appeal from a Massachusetts district court's order modifying a protective order issued by a Maryland District Court to allow disclosure of a...

Mirant Potomac River, LLC v. EPA

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
In a petition for review of the EPA's approval of Virginia's Clean Air Interstate Rule State Implementation Plan, the petition is dismissed where...

Cushman v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
In a dispute involving a veteran's service-connected disability claim, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims judgment is reversed where: 1) a veteran...

Dean v. Blumenthal

Constitutional Law, Elections
In a First Amendment challenge to a prohibition on contributions by certain law-firm employees to candidates for Connecticut Attorney General,...

Manzanares v. Higdon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging an unlawful search, judgment for defendants is reversed where: 1) officers may not remain in a home absent...