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People v. Manchel

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Requiring a defendant to register as a sex offender does not violate equal protection clauses of the state or federal Constitutions where the nature...

Leary v. Livingston County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case alleging use of excessive force and deliberate indifference after plaintiff was struck by one of the defendants in...

Cook v. Gates

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Military Law
In an action brought by former United States military members who were separated from service challenging the constitutionality of the "Don't Ask,...

Carver v. Lehman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit asserting that correctional officials denied plaintiff early release into community custody without affording him due...

Engquist v. Oregon Dep't of Agric.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The "class-of-one" theory of equal protection does not apply in the context of public employment. Thus, a public employee cannot state a claim under...

New York Civil Liberties Union v. Grandeau

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
In a First Amendment case stemming from a state lobbying commission's inquiry into whether plaintiff-organization incurred reportable lobbying...

In the Matter of Feola v. Carroll

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
When a police officer is convicted of a misdemeanor with elements which constitute willful deceit, calculated disregard for honest dealings,...

In re Darlene T.

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
A juvenile court order requiring department of child and family services to make retroactive AFDC-FC payments under Adoption and Safe Families Act of...

Pavey v. Conley

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an interlocutory appeal from a decision finding that a prisoner plaintiff in a suit for damages governed by the Prison Litigation Reform Act is...

M.M.R.-Z v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an interlocutory appeal in an action arising from the termination of a cognitively disabled homebound minor's educational services provided by the...