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U.S. v. Farris

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for sending threatening communications through the U.S. mail is affirmed over defendant's due process and reasonableness claims where: 1) the...

Arnold v. Martin

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits
Order of district court, holding that the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program created individual enforceable rights under 42 U.S.C. section...

Selman v. Cobb County Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Evidence
Permanent injunction against defendants to remove evolution sticker from inside front cover of science textbooks is vacated where there are...

U.S. v. Goodwin

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for drug possession with intent to distribute is affirmed where a Terry stop of the defendant was justified despite the considerable...

Doe v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Government Law
Holding that 18 U.S.C. section 2709 unconstitutional on its face and as applied to one Doe defendant internet service provider, who received a...

Lynn v. Blinden

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Grant of writ of habeas corpus is reversed where the state appellate court's determination under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1994), was...

Connell v. Capital City Partners, LLC

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Order requiring transfer of $49,000 to plaintiffs-appellees is reversed where the trial court denied the defendant due process by deciding matters not...

Petruska v. Gannon Univ.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Where otherwise illegal discrimination is based on religious belief, religious doctrine, or the internal regulations of a church, the First Amendment...

Superior Beverage Co., Inc. v. Schieffelin & Co.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts
An order remanding and dismissing an action alleging violation of Ohio's Alcohol Beverage Franchise Act (ABFA) arising from defendant-alcohol...

Lightfoot v. Dist. of Columbia

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of partial summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C section 1983 suit to a class of former government employees whose disability compensation benefits had...