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O'Bryan v. Holy See

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a class action suit against defendant-Holy See for claims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, partial grant of defendant's motion to dismiss...

Molina-Crespo v. US Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a claim for violation of the Hatch Act which prohibits state or local officer or employee from being a candidate for elective office, grant of...

Smith v. Jefferson County School Bd. of Comm'rs

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In claim by former principal and teachers alleging that closing of county's public alternative school and violated First Amendment Establishment...

Hines v. Anderson

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a suit over prison medical care, an order terminating a consent decree regulating medical care for inmates at a federal prison is affirmed where:...

US v. Figueroa

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for unlawfully possessing a firearm is affirmed where: 1) although the trial court violated defendant's right under the Confrontation...

IMS Health Inc. and Verispan, LLC v. Ayotte, New Hampshire Attorney Gen.

Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law
A district court's finding that a state law, which prohibits certain transfers of physicians' prescribing histories for use in detailing,...

Am. Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico v. Santillanes

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
Grant of declaratory and injunctive relief from a city amendment requiring voters in municipal elections to present photo identification at polling...

Cross v. Mokwa

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by twenty-five protesters against St. Louis, its mayor, and various other officials and police officers,...

Cadles of Grassy Meadows II, LLC v. Goldner

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection
Petition for panel rehearing granted, prior opinion withdrawn, and matter remanded for further proceedings in light of Kerlin v. Sauceda, 05-0653...

Torres v. City of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law
In a civil rights action against the City of Los Angeles, the LAPD, and four detectives arising from plaintiff's arrest on murder charges and 162 days...