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Sallenger v. Oakes

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Denial of motion for summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging violation of the Fourth Amendment's right to be free from excessive...

Adams v. Speers

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of immunity for a California Highway Patrol officer in a civil rights suit involving an individual's death after a police pursuit and shooting...

City of Key West v. Knowles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Denial of defendants' motion for directed verdict in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit over the burial of plaintiff's deceased husband is reversed where...

US v. Hernandez-Villanueva

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
18-month sentence after guilty plea to unauthorized reentry into the U.S. is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court erred in admitting...

Ramos v. Superior Ct. (People)

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Trial court erred in failing to grant petitioner's writ petition to dismiss amended felony complaint against her when her preliminary hearing was...

Connerly v. Schwarzenegger

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In case involving proposition outlawing state discrimination or preferences based on race, gender or national origin, judgment on the pleadings, and...

Hollins v. Methodist Healthcare, Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against a former employer claiming that her termination as a resident in the hospital's Clinical Pastoral Education program violated the...

Griffith v. Coburn

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 civil rights action stemming from an individual's death during his arrest by defendants-police officers, summary judgment...

Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Morgan

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Tax Law
In an Equal Protection, Commerce Clause, and Supremacy Clause constitutional challenge to Tennessee's statutory scheme for classifying real and...

McNamara v. City of Rittman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a case involving a federal takings claim arising from defendant-city's operation of water wells that allegedly caused damage to plaintiffs, summary...