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Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action challenging the constitutionality of a Texas statute making it a crime to promote or sell sexual devices, a judgment upholding the...

Quick Communications, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Tel. Co.

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law
In a suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief arising from a state commission's action in ordering parties to amend their interconnection...

Dearth v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit brought to enjoin the enforcement of the provisions of 18 U.S.C. section 922 that prohibit non-residents of the United States from receiving...

Anderson v. Sch. Bd. of Madison County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Remedies
In proceedings involving a Mississippi school district's compliance with federal court orders to desegregate its schools, grant of school district's...

Evans v. Thompson

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for federal habeas relief is affirmed over petitioner's arguments that: 1) he received ineffective assistance of counsel during...

L.A. v. 2000 Jeep Cherokee

Asset Forfeiture, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In case where defendant's vehicle was seized, and forfeiture proceedings initiated after he was arrested for soliciting prostitution, judgment and...

Imperial Apparel Ltd. v. Cosmo's Designer Direct, Inc.

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation complaint arising from the publication of a menswear store advertisement, the circuit court's dismissal of the complaint with...

729, Inc. v. Kenton County Fiscal Court

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In a suit challenging the constitutionality of a county's licensing ordinance that comprehensively regulates sexually oriented businesses within the...

Ruotolo v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case where police officer claims he was subjected to retaliation in violation of his First Amendment rights for writing a report about health...

Krinsky v. Doe 6

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In case involving an anonymous message board participant's scathing verbal attacks on plaintiff, a corporate officer of a Florida company, and where...