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Flores-Ledezma v. Gonzales

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review of his final order of removal is denied over his claim that the Attorney General's statutory discretion to choose...

Wilkerson v. Klem

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over his claim that the state trial court wrongfully deprived him of his Sixth...

McGreevy v. Stroup

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, judgment in favor of defendant-employer is reversed where a reasonable jury could find that defendant's adverse...

Rothe Dev. Corp. v. Dep't of Defense

Constitutional Law, Military Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's challenge, alleging that the 2002 reauthorization of section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization Act is facially...

Swartz v. Burger

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Iowa courts did not unreasonably apply federal law in determining that plaintiff's conviction under the Iowa felon-in-possession statute did not...

Wolfe v. Perry

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's untimely constitutional claims, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983, is affirmed over his challenge to the district...

Madrigal v. Bagley

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
The district court properly granted habeas corpus relief to defendant since his rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment were...

Van Orden v. Perry

Constitutional Law, Government Law
The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment allows the display of a monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments on the Texas State Capitol...

Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
An individual who has obtained a state-law restraining order does not have a constitutionally protected property interest in having the police enforce...

McCreary County v. ACLU

Constitutional Law, Government Law
A county's manifest objective may be dispositive for determining whether a display of the Ten Commandments in courthouses violates the Establishment...