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Pegg v. Herrnberger

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil rights suit against a West Virginia State Trooper alleging that defendant used excessive force in effectuating the arrest of plaintiff, in...

Hardwick v. County of Orange

Civil Rights, Family Law, Constitutional Law
In a civil rights action alleging social worker defendants maliciously used perjured testimony and fabricated evidence to secure plaintiff’s removal...

Davis v. Commonwealth Election Comm'n

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action alleging Article XVIII, section 5(c) of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Constitution unconstitutionally limits voting on the...

Belsito Communications, Inc. v. Decker

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a constitutional action arising after defendant state trooper seized plaintiff-photographer's camera at the scene of a car crash, the district...

Fowler Packing Co. v. Lanier

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action involving an equal protection claim and a bill of attainder claim, the district court’s judgment is (1) reversed where justification for...

Madrigal v. Victim Compensation & Govt. Claims Bd.

Civil Rights, Habeas Corpus, Injury & Tort Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an administrative mandate action, challenging defendant board's denial of petitioner's compensation claim for wrongful imprisonment following a...

Garmon, Sr. v. Nat'l Railroad Passenger Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit filed by an African-American man currently employed by Amtrak, alleges that his opportunities for overtime were...

Silvester v. Harris

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Government Law
In an action challenging a California law establishing a 10-day waiting period for all lawful purchases of guns, the district court's judgment in...

Lee v. VA State Bd. of Elections

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a challenge to Virginia Code section 24.2-643(B), the voter identification law enacted as part of 'SB 1256,' 2013 Va. Acts ch. 725, alleging that...

Kirkpatrick v. County of Washoe

Family Law, Civil Rights
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, arising from the warrantless removal of a two-day old child from the custody of her mother in a suit brought by...