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Maverick Media Group, Inc. v. Hillsborough County, Florida

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action alleging that defendant-county unconstitutionally denied plaintiff permits for outdoor signs, summary judgment for the county is vacated...

People v. Superior Court (Meraz)

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sanctions
A trial court's power to impose partial dismissal as a sanction for a discovery violation is subject to the same limitation as its power to dismiss an...

Witt v. Dep't of the Air Force

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a suit brought against the Air Force challenging the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy after plaintiff was suspended from duty as an Air Force...

Lopez-Quinones v. Puerto Rico Nat. Guard

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by a former official of a significant unit within the Puerto Rico National Guard alleging he was terminated...

Callahan v. Fermon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming retaliatory action by plaintiff's superiors arising out of comments made about a cold case and official complaints about his...

Richmond Med. Ctr. for Women v. Herring

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a facial challenge under the Fourteenth Amendment to a Virginia statute that attempts to criminalize "partial birth abortion," which the statute...

US v. Ortiz-Graulau

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Family Law, Sentencing
In a criminal prosecution of adult defendant for taking sexually explicit photographs of a minor with whom he had a legal and consensual sexual...

Dep't of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In the context of states/subdivisions' exemption of interest on their own bonds from their state income taxes, which are imposed on bond interest from...

US v. Williams

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
A statute criminalizing, in certain specified circumstances, the pandering or solicitation of child pornography is neither overbroad under the First...

Michael C. v. Gresbach

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In an action against a caseworker in the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare alleging a violation of children's Fourth Amendment rights by conducting...