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Kaemmerling v. Lappin

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The Prison Litigation Reform Act does not require convicted felon to exhaust administrative remedies on his Constitutional challenge to the DNA...

Gonzalez v. Duncan

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
A sentence of 28 years to life imprisonment under California's "Three Strikes" law violates the Eighth Amendment where: 1) the offense was...

Grossmont Union High School Dist. v. California Dep't of Educ.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a claim against defendant-California Department of Education seeking declaration that plaintiff-high school should not have to pay for mental...

McCown v. City of Fontana

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Remedies
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit including claims of wrongful detention, false arrest, and use of excessive force in connection with plaintiff's...

Cherry Hill Vineyards, LLC v. Lilly

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
An intervenor does have standing to appeal an adverse judgment, even if the state declines to appeal it, if the intervenor can independently...

Jackson-Shaw Co. v. Jacksonville Aviation Auth.

Constitutional Law, Government Law
Public entity established to develop and administer public airports in Jacksonville did not violate the Florida Constitution by entering an agreement...

Smith v. State of Florida

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In an appeal of a conviction for murder of a correctional officer, the conviction and death sentence are affirmed where: 1) appellant's claims of...

Hansen v. Bd. of Trustees of Hamilton Southeastern Sch. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title IX and state and federal civil rights suit brought by a student's parents after a teacher engaged in an improper sexual relationship with...

Carole Media LLC v. New Jersey Transit Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Supreme Courts decision in Williamson County Reg'l Planning Comm'n v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City, 473 U.S. 172 (1985), does not require a...

US v. Dixon

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In appeals brought by two defendants convicted of violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), the convictions are affirmed...