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Meals v. City of Memphis

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action raising claims based on a high-speed police pursuit and a subsequent motor vehicle collision which resulted in the death...

Abilene Retail #30, Inc. v. Bd. of Comm'rs of Dickinson County, Kansas

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action brought by the owner and operator of an adult bookstore challenging a county zoning ordinance which restricted the store's location and...

State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition v. Rowland

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against Connecticut state officials alleging constitutional violations arising from the termination of unionized state employees supposedly...

Crater v. Galaza

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for habeas relief in a murder case is affirmed over claims that: 1) 28 U.S.C. section 2254(d)(1), a provision of the AEDPA...

Abebe v. Gonzales

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a decision finding petitioner ineligible to apply for discretionary relief from removal under former section 212(c) of the INA...

Westbrook v. Penley

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence suit arising from circumstances in which defendant-pastor, who was also a licensed professional counselor, directed his congregation...

Andrews v. State of Delaware

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for terroristic threatening and committing a hate crime are affirmed where: 1) Delaware's terrorist threatening statute,...

Covenant Media of S.C. v. City of N. Charleston

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
In civil rights suit brought by billboard operator challenging constitutionality of sign regulation, summary judgment for defendant city is affirmed...

Novitsky v. City of Aurora

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising out of an encounter between plaintiff and police officers, summary judgment for defendants-city and...

Am. Civ. Liberties Union v. Nat'l Sec. Agency

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a challenge to warrantless wiretapping under the government's counter-terrorism operation known as the Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP),...