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PEOPLE v. HODGSON

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence need not be reduced or vacated as constituting cruel and unusual punishment under the reasoning of People v. Dillon (1983) 34...

GREEN v. CITY OF TUCSON

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
The requirement under Arizona law, that certain surrounding municipalities consent to the incorporation of a community as a new municipality, does not...

KARAM v. CITY OF BURBANK

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Appellant's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims, arising from charges in connection with refusal to leave a city council meeting, fail for lack of "seizure"...

DOE v. SCH. DIST. OF THE CITY OF NORFOLK

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Student and his parents had standing to challenge unwelcome recitation of the Lord's Prayer at graduation ceremonies, but because the recitation was a...

WILLIAMS v. SENIFF

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
An assistant police chief did not have a protected First Amendment right to make certain statements to the press, thus his claim of termination in...

CIVIL LIBERTIES FOR URBAN BELIEVERS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for the city is affirmed in a church association's challenge to the Chicago Zoning ordinance, under the Religious Land Use and...

BOWERS v. NAT'L COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASS'N

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Sports Law
In a complex action involving twelve universities that ceased recruiting plaintiff when they were informed that he did not meet NCAA requirements,...

HERNANDEZ v. KEANE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence
The district court's grant of defendants' Rule 50 motion for judgment as a matter of law, and dismissing plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit...

JOHNSON v. DALEY

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Section 803(d) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, setting both absolute and relative limits on attorneys' fee shifting, is constitutional as being...

S. DAKOTA FARM BUREAU, INC. v. HAZELTINE

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Section 21 of Article XVII of the South Dakota Constitution, prohibiting corporations or syndicates from acquiring or obtaining an interest in land...