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Danley v. Allen

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In claim against jailers at county detention center for excessive force and deliberate indifference in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, denial...

US v. Diaz

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for armed bank robbery, use of a firearm during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is vacated and...

Free Enter. Fund v. Pub. Co. Accounting Oversight Bd.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Securities Law
In a facial challenge to the constitutionality of Title I of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, asserting that it violates the Appointments Clause and separation...

Price v. New York State Bd. of Elections

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a challenge to state law prohibiting the use of absentee ballots in elections for county committee members brought under the First Amendment, grant...

Combs v. Homer-Center Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Family Law, Government Law
In a suit by parents who home-school their children seeking declaratory relief and a permanent injunction to prohibit the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania...

Barr v. Lafon

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In an action brought by high school students in Tennessee desiring to express their southern heritage by wearing clothing depicting the Confederate...

Fellner v. Tri-Union Seafoods, L.L.C.

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class-action suit alleging injury caused by methylmercury and other harmful compounds in defendant's canned tuna products, grant of a motion to...

N. Coast Women's Care Med. Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law
The rights of religious freedom and free speech, as guaranteed in both the federal and the California Constitutions, do not exempt a medical clinic's...

Alternate Fuels, Inc. v. Cabanas

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In an action against Missouri Department of Natural Resources officials claiming denial of equal protection, tortious interference with contract, and...

Chhay v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Immigration Law, International Law
Petition for review of a decision denying Cambodian national petitioner asylum and related relief is denied where: 1) the court lacks jurisdiction...