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Medellin v. Texas

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law
Neither an International Court of Justice case, Case Concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mex. v. U. S.), 2004 I. C. J. 12, nor a memorandum...

Auto. Club of New York, Inc. v. Dykstra

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies, Transportation
A permanent injunction preventing New York City from enforcing its tow truck licensing scheme against tow operators from outside the city, as well as...

Pierce v. County of Orange

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
In a class action brought by pretrial detainees in Orange County's jail facilities raising numerous constitutional, federal, and state law claims, a...

Robbins v. State of Oklahoma

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from the death of plaintiffs' eight month old child at a privately owned daycare to which they were referred...

Damon v. Moore

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a defamation suit against Michael Moore for non-consensual use of an interview conducted for NBC Nightly News in Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11"...

Rweyemamu v. Cote

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit instituted by a Catholic priest against a bishop and a diocese alleging racial discrimination in a denial of a promotion and tyhe...

King v. Ambs

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising from plaintiff's arrest after he repeatedly told another individual not to talk to defendant-officer,...

People v. McKey

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
An order involuntarily committing defendant after jury found him to be a sexually violate predator (SVP) within the meaning of Sexually Violent...

Carter v. Burns

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of pro se prisoner's civil rights action against fourteen judges and justices of various Tennessee courts in their official capacities is...

Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
Contrary to the Ninth Circuit's holding below, a 2004 initiative passed by Washington voters changing the state's primary election system is facially...