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People v. Castel

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case involving petitions to modify, revoke, or terminate a criminal defendant's parole or post-release community supervision, the court was asked...

California Public Employees’ Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a case where members of a securities class-action opted out of a settlement and filed an untimely claim of their own, it was held that the timely...

Davila v. Davis

Legal Malpractice, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case involving a capital punishment trial and subsequent appeal where the convicted alleged the ineffective assistance of appeal counsel in...

Pavan v. Smith

Civil Rights, Family Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a case relating to same-sex marriage, Arkansas state officials refused to issue birth certificates listing the spouse when a mother in a same-sex...

Schep v. Capital One

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure
The recording of a notice of sale and default did not provide a cause of action in a slander of title case because they are privileged communications...

US v. Strickland

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for conviction of third degree robbery is reversed where it is not a violent felony for the purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA),...

Bayer v. Nieman Marcus Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Remedies, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging interference with the plaintiff's exercise of their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the district court's...

Miranda v. Selig

Sports Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation
In an antitrust suit brought by professional minor league baseball players, the district court's dismissal of the suit is affirmed because...

Solomon v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law, ERISA
An award of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) benefits to a former NFL player displaying symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy...

Crupar-Weinmann v. Paris Baguette America, Inc.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
Dismissal of a class-action suit alleging a willful violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) is affirmed because subsequent...