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Scenic Holding, LLC v. New Bd. of Trs. of the Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Evidence, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a suit brought against defendant-church trustee board seeking to collect on a note executed by the board and to foreclose a mortgage on property...

US v. Rommy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, International Law
Conviction for conspiracy to import ecstasy in the U.S. is affirmed over claims that the district court erred in: 1) instructing the jury that venue...

US v. Eagle Bear

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for burglary, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault by striking, beating, or wounding, is affirmed where: 1) a decision to allow...

US v. Guzman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, denial of a motion to suppress firearms seized from his...

US v. Altman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, an order excluding one of the government's witnesses from testifying at trial is reversed...

Bennett v. Saint-Gobain Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed over plaintiff's contentions that: 1) the district court...

Morales v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Grant of habeas relief as to the death sentence imposed for a conviction for kidnapping and aggravated murder is affirmed on the ground that his trial...

Hathaway v. Bazany

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a civil rights case raising questions of excessive force under the Fourth Amendment involving the shooting death of a teenage driver by a policeman...

US v. Sallis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction for bank robbery is affirmed over a claim of erroneous denial of a suppression motion where a conceded traffic violation provided...

US v. White

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction and sentence for possessing, as well as receiving and distributing, child pornography is affirmed over claims on appeal and cross-appeal...