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US v. Masferrer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for numerous counts relating to bank and securities fraud are affirmed over defendant's claims of error regarding: 1) the...

Price v. Sery

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging, inter alia, that police officers unconstitutionally used deadly force for which defendant-City was...

Joliff v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Truck drivers' petition for review of a denial of their claims arising under section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act is granted where the...

Brooks v. Bagley

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital case in which petitioner was convicted of murdering his sons as they lay sleeping, denial of habeas relief is affirmed where state...

Somoza v. Univ. of Denver

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In two university professors' action raising various federal and state law claims against defendants involving alleged discrimination on the basis of...

US v. Skelton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. section 875(b) is affirmed over claims that the district court's limitations on cross-examination violated...

US v. Harper

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction and defendants' sentences for conspiracy, drug possession, and weapons offenses are affirmed over claims that the district court erred...

Amtower v. Photon Dynamics, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, M&A, Securities Law
In action arising out of merger of two companies, judgment for defendants is affirmed over primary claims that: 1) trial court's use of an in limine...

People v. Medina

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Order granting motion to suppress evidence discovered during a suspicionless probation search of defendant's residence conducted solely based on...

Goldsmith v. Bagby Elevator Co

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In civil rights action alleging racial discrimination and retaliation in employment, verdict for plaintiff is affirmed as defendant was not entitled...