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Coronado v. Valleyview Pub. Sch. Dist. 365-U

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Juvenile Law, Remedies
In a student's suit challenging his expulsion on due-process grounds, denial of a preliminary injunction is affirmed where, because plaintiff received...

Wilson v. Libby

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Remedies
In a suit by Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband alleging that employees in the Office of the Vice President and the State Department violated their...

Goode v. City of Philadelphia

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
In a suit alleging that the Solicitor of the City of Philadelphia overstepped his authority by entering into a private settlement agreement with...

Ventas Finance I, LLC v. California Franchise Tax Board

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Remedies, Tax Law
Judgment ordering defendant-tax board to refund plaintiff company an amount it paid pursuant to former Revenue and Taxation Code section 17942 for the...

US v. Muniz

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Immigration Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In appeals by landowners challenging condemnation orders allowing the government a temporary easement to enter their land and conduct surveys for a...

McIntosh v. Partridge

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit by a dentist dismissed from his position at a state-run home after his return from active military duty, summary judgment for...

Back v. Hall

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In civil service employee's suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendants-supervisors fired her based on protected speech and...

People v. Garcia

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Order committing defendant as an sexually violent predator is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) the amended Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA)...

Jonathon L. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Family Law, Government Law
Enrollment and attendance in a public full-time day school is required by California law for minor children unless: 1) the child is enrolled in a...

Preminger v. Peake

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Military Law
In a First Amendment challenge to the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) denial of entry to one of their facilities for the purpose of registering...