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Pinto-Montoya v. Mukasey

Constitutional Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition to review decision affirming removal to Guatemala is denied where the petitioners' contact with plainclothes immigration officials did not...

"R" Best Produce, Inc. v. DiSapio

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law
In a contract dispute brought under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930 (PACA) regarding the sale of fruits and vegetables, order...

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...

Martinez v. City of St. Louis

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by unsuccessful white applicants for entry level firefighter positions alleging they were victims of unlawful reverse racial...

Mapes v. Bishop

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a suit alleging violations of plaintiff's constitutional rights by arresting officers, dismissal of false-arrest claim is vacated and remanded, and...

Lombardo v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dept. of Pub. Welfare

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment-discrimination suit against a state agency, denial of a motion to dismiss is reversed where: 1) by voluntarily removing the matter...

United Bhd. of Carpenters & Joiners of Am. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Six restrictions on expressive activity promulgated and enforced by two California shopping malls infringe on the free speech rights guaranteed by the...

Madison v. Frazier

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a suit alleging libel and false light for defendant-author's allegedly defamatory portrayal of plaintiff-NAACP officer in a book criticizing local...

Bull v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
An order denying qualified immunity in an 42 U.S.C. section 1983 class action suit is affirmed where, under the circumstances of this case, San...

Phelps-Roper v. Strickland

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
A provision of Ohio Rev. Code section 3767.30, which prohibits "picketing" or "other protest activities," within 300 feet of the funeral or burial...