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Grace United Methodist Church v. City of Cheyenne

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In a lawsuit brought by a church, alleging that defendant-City's actions in denying it a license to operate a daycare in a residential zone violated...

San Diego Health & Human Serv. v. Pamela J.

Constitutional Law, Health Law, Juvenile Law
A trial court may not make the ultimate determination of a patient's capacity or incapacity to give written informed consent for electroconvulsive...

Ovitz v. Schulman

Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
California Code of Civil Procedure section 1286.2(a)(6)(A), which governs the vacating of an arbitration award for an arbitrator's failure to...

City of Watsonville v. State Dep't of Health Serv.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Water Law
Plaintiff-City's water purification project, which prohibits introduction of any substance into its water supply, is preempted by state law to the...

Gilles v. Davis

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's civil rights action, alleging that he was unconstitutionally arrested for disorderly conduct, is affirmed where...

Maples v. Stegall

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court violated plaintiff's constitutional right to a speedy trial when it failed to bring him to trial until over two years after his...

Branham v. Dist. of Columbia

Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the district court's order, requiring defendant to provide tutoring and private...

Kheireddine v. Gonzales

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Denial of plaintiffs' applications for asylum is affirmed over their claim that the Board of Immigration Appeals violated their due process rights by...

Quiles v. Kilson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging civil rights violations, a verdict in favor of defendant-City is affirmed over plaintiffs' claim that the district court...

Mata v. Saiz

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Grant of summary judgment for nurses in plaintiff-inmate's section 1983 claim, alleging that she was deprived constitutionally adequate medical care...