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Trawick v. Allen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a habeas corpus petition in a death penalty case is affirmed over a claim that the State of Alabama exercised its peremptory strikes in a...

Ruzsa v. Rubenstein & Sendy Attorneys at Law

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a pro se action against a law firm alleging legal malpractice and theft arising from a 1995 car accident, dismissal of the complaint for failure to...

Rhodes v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Denial of a motion for postconviction relief from a conviction for first-degree murder and death sentence is affirmed over claims that: 1) the state...

Rose v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In a death penalty case, denial of a motion for postconviction relief is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) whether the trial court failed to...

Tate v. McNeil

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sanctions
In proceedings arising from a petition for habeas relief brought by a prisoner convicted of first-degree murder, upon order to show cause the Supreme...

US v. Stratton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
On remand from US Supreme Court for reconsideration of defendant's sentence in light of Kimbrough v. US, 552 U.S. ___, (2007), the panel's previous...

Swan v. Barbadoro

Civil Procedure, Tax Law
In a suit under RICO alleging wrongdoing by judges, prosecutors and others in relation to plaintiff's conviction for federal tax violations,...

SMI Owen Steel Co. Inc. v. Marsh USA Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In a suit brought by a subcontractor against an insurance broker under Nevada law asserting a tort claim for negligent failure to procure insurance,...

Carrin v. State of Florida

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The petition for review in the case at hand is granted, the decision under review is quashed, and the matter is remanded to the First District Court...

O'Mara v. Town of Wappinger

Property Law & Real Estate
Declaratory judgment determining that the open space restriction imposed by defendant's planning board is unenforceable is reversed as an open space...