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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...

Rambo Assocs., Inc. v. S. Tama County Cmty. Sch. Dist.

Construction, Contracts, Education Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action in contract and quasi-contract for services that an architectural and consulting firm rendered to a school district, a judgment on remand...

Hanna v. Sec'y of the Army

Government Law, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
Grant of petition for habeas corpus after a denial of discharge from the Army as a conscientious objector is affirmed where the Army's denial of the...

Golden Gate Restaurant Ass'n v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action challenging certain provisions of the newly enacted San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance, arguing that they are preempted by...

Pennington v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case brought by a police officer alleging that, after an altercation at a bar while he was off duty, he was unlawfully required to take the...

Environmental Defense Project of Sierra County v. County of Sierra

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Defendant county's "streamlined zoning process" -- in which the county gives notice of the legislative body's hearing before the planning commission...

Environmental Defense Project of Sierra County v. County of Sierra

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Defendant county's "streamlined zoning process" -- in which the county gives notice of the legislative body's hearing before the planning commission...

Fiscal v. City and County of San Francisco

Elections, Government Law
In a case challenging a San Francisco gun control ordinance, which included a ban on possession, a judgment that the ordinance was preempted by state...

St. Christopher Assocs., L.P. v. US

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit against HUD for breach of contract and Fifth Amendment takings claims, arising from HUD's failure to consider plaintiff's request for a rent...

Berger v. City of Seattle

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action brought by a street performer challenging the constitutionality of certain rules governing a zone covering about 80 acres of land in...