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Lombardo v. Warner

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case brought by a homeowner who wished to display a 32-square-foot sign reading "For Peace in the Gulf" at his residence, challenging the...

Lance v. Coffman

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In an action brought by Colorado citizens involving the constitutionality of a state constitutional provision limiting redistricting to once per...

Bradley v. James

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case brought by a terminated police captain raising a 42 U.S.C. section First Amendment claim, summary judgment for police chief is affirmed as...

Planned Parenthood of Cent. Texas v. Sanchez

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
Following litigation prompted by the Texas Legislature's passage of legislation barring distribution of federal family planning money to entities that...

Williams v. Dallas Indep. Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case brought against former employer-school district claiming that it retaliated against plaintiff for engaging in...

Citizens for Peace in Space v. City of Colorado Springs

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, International Law
In an action brought seeking nominal damages under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for an alleged violation of First Amendment rights when defendant-city...

Flowers v. City of Minneapolis

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case brought by African-American plaintiff against a police officer who lived on the same block, arising out of police...

Moran v. Murtaugh Miller Meyer & Nelson, LLP

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In assessing whether a vexatious litigant under Code Civ. Proc. section 391.3 has a reasonable probability of success on his claim for purposes of...

Asociacion de Subscripcion Conjunta del Seguro de Responsabilidad Obligatorio v. Galarza

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
In a takings clause suit alleging the withholding of insurance premiums from Puerto Rico's compulsory liability insurance law, denial of qualified...

Jet Source Charter, Inc. v. Doherty

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Transportation
Jury verdict for plaintiff finding that defendant aircraft dealers owed plaintiff fiduciary duties and that they breached them is reversed as to an...