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Kjellsen v. Mills

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of qualified immunity to crime lab officials and employees, in connection with the testing of plaintiff's blood samples to determine his blood...

Dorsey v. Barber

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case involving civil rights claims against various law enforcement officers for unlawful arrest and use of excessive force, denial of one...

Bradford v. Wiggins

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging, inter alia, that defendants-deputies unlawfully seized plaintiffs and caused their unlawful arrest, false...

Brannum v. Overton County Sch. Bd.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by middle school students against various school officials and others alleging defendants violated...

Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transp. Ass'n

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
A federal statute that prohibits states from enacting any law "related to" a motor carrier "price, route, or service" preempts two provisions of a...

P & V Enters. v. US Army Corps of Eng'rs

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
Dismissal of facial challenge to 1986 rule regarding "waters of the United States," in the context of regulating navigable waters under the Clean...

Teng v. Mukasey

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture is denied...

Eidson v. Owens

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, denial of qualified immunity for defendant-reserve-force deputy sheriff and lawyer in connection with a search of...

Ruiz-Martinez v. Mukasey

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
In immigration cases where habeas corpus relief in the U.S. district courts has been eliminated by the REAL ID Act of 2005 for aliens seeking to...

Flores v. State of Texas

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
A conviction for murdering defendant's pregnant girlfriend's twin fetuses by stepping on her abdomen is affirmed where the capital murder statute is...