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Kennedy v. City of Ridgefield

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of summary judgment of defendant-police officer's motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit is...

Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic & Institutional Rights, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Military Law
Because Congress could require law schools to provide equal access to military recruiters without violating the schools' freedoms of speech or...

Univ. of Delaware v. New Castle County Bd. of Assessment

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Decision by the Board of Assessment allowing New Castle County to preclude a tax exemption for the University of Delaware is reversed where a county...

Furr v. Brady

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of prisoner's habeas corpus petition is affirmed where admission of certain testimony was not an unreasonable or contrary application of the...

Norfleet v. Gehrke

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
Denial of summary judgment in favor of two defendants in a prisoner suit alleging violation of the Eighth Amendment is reversed where there was no...

Aida Food and Liquor, Inc. v. City of Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for the defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit relating to the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments is affirmed where the plaintiffs failed...

Quezada-Luna v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a BIA removal order is denied where the court had jurisdiction under the REAL ID Act and the ripeness doctrine, and where the...

Jicarilla Apache Nation v. Rio Arriba County

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Summary judgment for defendants on a claim that a county tax assessor violated the Equal Protection Clause by changing the tax classification on...

Connerly v. State Personnel Bd.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
An award of private attorney general fees to plaintiff following his successfully litigation to invalidate several state statutes outlawing...

Borzych v. Frank

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of prisoner's claims in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action arising out of a ban on religious literature that advocated racial violence is affirmed where...