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US v. Betcher

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction for production, receipt, and possession of child pornography is affirmed over claims that: 1) 18 U.S.C. section 2251 is unconstitutional...

CBS Corp. v. Fed. Communication Comm'n

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Government Law
FCC orders imposing monetary penalties on CBS for broadcasting indecent material during the Super Bowl halftime show in 2004 are vacated where: 1)...

Warshak v. US

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Remedies
In declaratory judgment suit challenging section 2703(d) of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which authorizes the federal government to...

Dist. of Columbia v. Heller

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The District of Columbia's prohibition on the possession of usable handguns in the home violates the Second Amendment to the Constitution, as does its...

Boumediene v. Bush

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
In habeas proceedings brought by aliens detained at Guantanamo after being captured in Afghanistan or elsewhere abroad and designated enemy combatants...

Wilkins v. DeReyes

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from plaintiffs' arrests and prosecutions after they became suspects in a 1996 investigation of a quadruple...

Kutten v. Bank of America, N.A.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's class action claims as preempted by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs...

Wingate v. Gage County School District, No. 34

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a teacher's lawsuit alleging age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), as well as First Amendment violations...

Fiacco v. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Remedies
In a diversity action brought against a national fraternity wherein plaintiff claimed that its members intentionally caused him emotional distress by...

Paterno v. Superior Court (Ampersand Publishing)

Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In the context of defamation actions subject to the constitutional malice standard, when a plaintiff fails to demonstrate that allegedly defamatory...