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Revis v. Meldrum

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought against persons and entities involved in executing certain writs of execution against plaintiff, it was...

Coral Constr. v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Contracts, Government Law
A decision striking down a San Francisco ordinance calling for race- and gender-conscious remedies to ameliorate the effects of past discrimination in...

Summum v. Pleasant Grove City

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by a religious organization against a city and officials alleging a violation of its First Amendment rights,...

Summum v. Duchesne City

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought by a religious organization against a city and council members for alleged violations of its First Amendment free speech rights in...

Gonzales v. Carhart

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a challenge to the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act which proscribes a particular method of ending fetal life in the later stages of...

Meyer v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of Harper County, Oklahoma

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law arising from the involuntary commitment of plaintiff over a weekend to a state...

Mink v. Suthers

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Evidence, Government Law, Media Law
A suit was brought for prospective relief and damages under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, and for violations of the Privacy Protection Act, arising from an...

Mendoza v. California

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In case involving state legislature's effort to transfer certain powers from the city school board to the school district superintendent and the mayor...

Mendoza v. California

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In case involving state legislature's effort to transfer certain powers from the city school board to the school district superintendent and the mayor...

Mendoza v. California

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In case involving state legislature's effort to transfer certain powers from the city school board to the school district superintendent and the mayor...