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Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Zaldivar

Constitutional Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Act preempts a state law claim for the imposition of a constructive trust upon the proceeds of a federal...

Independence Party of Richmond v. Graham

Constitutional Law, Elections, Remedies
Defendant-Board of Election's appeal from the grant of a preliminary injunction, which required it to permit plaintiff to open its primary election to...

Nanda v. Moss

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, the district court properly denied defendant qualified immunity since he violated plaintiff's clearly...

Siggers-El v. Barlow

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a constitutional retaliation claim, defendant is not entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law since he knew or should have known of the...

Wirzburger v. Galvin

Constitutional Law, Education Law
The Massachusetts Constitution's limitations on the initiative process does not violate the First Amendment free speech rights of prospective...

Papageorgiou v. Gonzales

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Streamlining regulations, which allow for BIA affirmances of Immigration Judge decisions without separate opinions, do not violate the Due Process...

Freedom Newspapers of Texas v. Cantu

Constitutional Law, Elections, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation suit concerning articles written about a candidate for sheriff, denial of summary judgment to defendant-newspaper is reversed where...

In re Michelle C.

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
The trial court violated plaintiff-mother's constitutional rights by terminating her parental rights at a hearing at which neither she nor her...

Tain v. State Bd. of Chiropractic Examiners

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law
Plaintiffs' challenge to the California Code of Regulations, which defines the scope of chiropractic practice, is dismissed where plaintiffs' claims...

Cinema 84 v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's partnership-level suit is affirmed over his claim that the Tax Court failed to appoint a tax matters partner to represent the...