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Constantine v. Rectors and Visitors of George Mason University

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Eleventh Amendment does not bar plaintiff's disability discrimination and First Amendment retaliation claims where Congress validly abrogated the...

Torres-Rivera v. Calderon Serra

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Law 94, which establishes a new structure for the Industrial Commission to hear workers' compensation claims, does not violate plaintiff's First...

US v. Herrera

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The district court's denial of defendant's motion to vacate his sentence is reversed and remanded for an evidentiary hearing on defendant's...

L.B. Research v. UCLA found.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Education Law
A $1 million contribution to the UCLA School of Medicine, which was accepted along with the conditions imposed, is a contract subject to a condition...

Addiction Specialists, Inc. v. Township of Hampton

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The federal district court abused its discretion by abstaining from exercising jurisdiction, pursuant to Younger v. Harrris, 401 U.S. 37 (1071), over...

Johnson v. California

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
California's "more likely than not" standard is an inappropriate yardstick by which to measure the sufficiency of a prima facie case of purposeful...

Wilkenson v. Austin

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The procedures by which Ohio's New Policy classifies prisoners for placement at its Supermax facility provides prisoners with sufficient protection to...

Miller-El v. Dretke

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas relief to plaintiff is reversed where prosecutors in his capital murder trial made peremptory strikes of potential jurors based on...

Spoklie v. State of Montana

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' challenge to a Montana ballot initiative is affirmed where their claims against the State of Montana are precluded by a final...

Jimenez v. County of L.A.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action alleging an unreasonably extended detention, summary judgment in favor of defendants-police officers is affirmed where they...