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Goodrich v. Hall

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas corpus petition is affirmed where the presentation of improper evidence before the grand jury was not so blatant as to call into...

People v. Caballes

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In the matter of a defendant found guilty of cannabis trafficking after a drug sniffing dog alerted officers to defendant's trunk during a routine...

Thomas v. St. Louis Bd. of Police Comm'rs

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners is not an arm of the state of Missouri for purposes of Eleventh Amendment Immunity.

Lee v. Spellings

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, Education Law, Government Benefits, Government Law
On remand from the Supreme Court, a previous opinion and judgment for plaintiff holding that a time limit in the Debt Collection Act barred the...

Initiative & Referendum Institute v. Walker

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Environmental Law, Government Law
A constitutional provision imposing a supermajority requirement for enactment of initiatives on specific topics does not implicate the First Amendment...

State of Florida v. Harden

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
The "antikickback" provision of the Florida Medicaid fraud statute, Florida Statutes section 409.920(2)(e), is preempted by federal law since it...

Miller v. King

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendants on plaintiff's Eighth Amendment and ADA claims is vacated in order to allow plaintiff to amend his complaint...

Goodman v. Ray

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Court of appeals vacates: 1) prior opinion in same case; 2) dismissal of plaintiff's Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment claims, and claims under ADA; 3)...

Fields v. Palmdale Sch. Dist.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
A prior opinion, holding that parents of school children did not possess, under the Substantive Due Process Clause or the right to privacy, a...

Holmes v. State

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of motion for postconviction relief is affirmed in part where certain claims should have been raised on direct appeal, but reversed in part...