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Barr v. Sinton

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act (TRFRA) challenge to a zoning ordinance that precluded the use of private homes for ex-convict religious...

Barr v. Sinton

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act (TRFRA) challenge to a zoning ordinance that precluded the use of private homes for ex-convict religious...

LaSalle-Concepcion v. Toledo-Davila

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming wrongful discharge based on Plaintiff police officers' injuries suffered on duty, the dismissal of the...

San Leandro Teachers Ass'n. v. Governing Bd.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a First Amendment challenge to a public school district policy prohibiting political communication via school mailboxes, the denial of the writ of...

Schooner Harbor Ventures, Inc. v. US

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a Takings Clause action claiming that the U.S. deprived Plaintiff of the beneficial use of its property, summary judgment for Defendant is reversed...

Polar Tankers, Inc. v. Valdez

Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Transportation
In a Tonnage Clause challenge to an Alaska ordinance imposing a personal property tax on large oil tankers, judgment for Defendant is reversed, where...

In re M.S.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Juvenile Law
In an action alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and due process, juvenile court order committing the minor to the Division of...

H.D.V.-Greektown, LLC v. Detroit

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a First Amendment challenge to a city's adult business zoning ordinances, the District Court's order granting partial summary judgment to both...

Johnson v. Rowley

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
District court judgment dismissing plaintiff's due process and First Amendment claims is affirmed where: 1) the court properly dismissed plaintiff's...

Alex O. v. Superior Court of San Diego County

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law
Juvenile court judgment ordering that the juvenile not enter the United States except to attend school, work, or visit his family and ordering him to...