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People v. Parker

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an automatic appeal of criminal defendant, dubbed the 'Bedroom Basher' by the media in the late 1970s for a string of unsolved home-invasion rape...

Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton

Tax-exempt Organizations, Labor & Employment Law, ERISA
In a class action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) against church-affiliated nonprofits that run hospitals and other...

Honeycutt v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Asset Forfeiture
In an action brought by the Government under Comprehensive Forfeiture Act of 1984, 21 U.S.C. section 853(a)(1), seeking forfeiture property...

Evans v. Building Materials Corp. of Am.

Patent, Trade Dress, Intellectual Property, Contracts
In a complaint alleging design-patent infringement under federal law as well as trade-dress infringement and unfair competition under federal and...

Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations, Inc. v. Guardian Protection Servs., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Attorney's Fees
In an attorney's fees portion of an underlying patent infringement suit, the district court's denial of fees, on grounds that plaintiff had not...

US v. DeLaura

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of child pornography counts is affirmed over defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, arising from a sexual relationship...

North Carolina v. Covington

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In an action arising out of the North Carolina General Assembly's redrawing of state legislative districts in 2011 to account for population changes...

Kokesh v. SEC

White Collar Crime, Securities Law
In a case arising out of an SEC enforcement action, alleging that petitioner violated various securities laws by concealing the misappropriation of...

Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc.

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In a land development dispute brought by a developer-plaintiff against a Town, claiming that the Town had obstructed his plans for a subdivision and...

Diaz-Nieves v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit originating under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. sections 1346(b)(1) 2671-2680, concerning an arrest made during 'Operation...