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Porter v. Osborn

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In the case of a roadside killing of a man by an Alaska State Trooper, denial of summary judgment for the state trooper on grounds of qualified...

Diaz v. Paterson

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a putative class action challenging the constitutionality of state civil procedure law, which allows a plaintiff who brings a lawsuit claiming...

Batterman v. Leahy

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law
In a claim for attorneys fees, the district court's administrative closure of the case on grounds of Pullman abstention is vacated and remanded where:...

Posey v. Lake Pend Oreille Sch. Dist. No. 84

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a public employee First Amendment case, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) plaintiff has spoken on a matter of public concern; 2)...

Woods v. Shewry

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a constitutional challenge to several domestic violence programs and programs for inmate mothers, denial of petition for writ of mandate is...

Laskowski v. Spellings

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Remedies
In an Establishment Clause suit attempting to enjoin a government grant to the University of Notre Dame, dismissal for mootness is affirmed on remand...

San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce Political Action Comm. v. City of San Jose

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a First and Fourteenth Amendment challenge to campaign contribution limits for elected city positions, summary judgment for plaintiff is vacated...

Hartline v. Gallo

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In claim for unconstitutional strip search in the absence of individualized suspicion that she was secreting contraband, grant of summary judgment in...

Kozuszek v. Brewer

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against two county election officials for spoiling plaintiffs' ballots in a general election over questions...

Bogaert v. Land

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Remedies
In an action brought by the sponsor of a petition to recall a Michigan state legislator from office asserting that a state law setting forth...