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Bush v. Strain

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil rights action alleging, inter alia, excessive force and conspiracy claims against defendants-law enforcement officers, summary judgment for...

Bosede v. Mukasey

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of an application for withholding of removal relief under the Convention Against Torture is granted where the IJ's failure to...

Harris v. Bornhorst

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit raising claims under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983, and for state law malicious prosecution,...

Maranatha Corrs., LLC v. Dep't of Corr. & Rehab.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In case involving published letter terminating state contract with private prison contractor on grounds including misappropriation of public funds,...

Rasul v. Rumsfeld

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In case brought by Guantanamo Bay detainees seeking damages for their alleged illegal detention and torture, dismissal of claims under the...

Utah Educ. Ass'n v. Shurtleff

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by various Utah labor unions claiming that Utah's Voluntary Contributions Act (VCA) violates the First Amendment by restricting...

Nelson v. Nat'l Aeronautics & Space Admin.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action brought by scientists, engineers, and administrative support personnel at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) challenging NASA's recently...

Snodgrass v. Robinson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sentencing
In a prisoner's suit alleging that the Iowa Board of Parole, its members, and the governor of Iowa violated her constitutional rights by applying laws...

DIRECTV, Inc. v. Tolson

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law
In suit by providers of satellite television programming alleging that North Carolina's system of taxing multi-channel television programming violates...

Popoalii v. Corr. Med. Servs.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendants acted with deliberate indifference to plaintiff's serious medical needs while she was...