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YERUSHALAYIM v. US DEP'T OF CORR.

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law

BREKKE v. WILLS

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
A restraining order issued against defendant is affirmed over his challenge that the order violates his First Amendment rights of freedom of speech...

MOORE v. ASHEVILLE

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
A defendant to a coercive state administrative proceeding must exhaust his state administrative and judicial remedies, and may not bypass them in...

PARKS v. COLUMBUS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Festivals, which are free and open to the public held pursuant to a non-exclusive block party permit, are traditional public fora under the First...

WILLIAMS v. US

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff, who claims he was unlawfully arrested by a special police officer employed by the US Government Printing Office, cannot maintain a cause of...

CENTER FOR LAW AND EDUC. v. DEP'T OF EDUC.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Plaintiffs lack standing to challenge the membership of a rulemaking committee convened pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act.

DANIELS v. WOODSIDE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Plaintiff's section 1983 claim, alleging a violation of pretrial detention laws, is dismissed where he was confined in accordance with Michigan law,...

HOWELL v. MISSISSIPPI

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A writ of certiorari granted to plaintiff is dismissed where his allegations of Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations were not raised in the...

BELL v. CONE

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A Court of Appeals's grant of a writ of habeas corpus to defendant, on the ground that the "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel" aggravating...

STARVING STUDENTS, INC. v. DEPT. OF INDUS. RELATIONS

Constitutional Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
When a penalty is assessed against an employer who obtains workers' compensation insurance from an insurer who is not authorized to write compensation...