all - Opinion Summaries

SOLIS v. COCKRELL

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas relief from a Texas conviction for burglary of a habitation is affirmed, as a juror's belief that petitioner and his brothers had a...

LINCOLN v. CASE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Sufficient evidence supported a punitive damages award under the Fair Housing Act, based on a landlord's misrepresentations of an apartment's...

BGHA, LLC v. CITY OF UNIVERSAL CITY, TX

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A city had a substantial government interest in adopting an ordinance imposing various licensing and zoning regulations on sexually-oriented...

SEVENCAN v. HERBERT

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
The district court properly conducted a Nieblas hearing to determine that the exclusion of petitioner's wife was justified. The state trial court's...

TORRES v. BERBARY

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a writ of habeas corpus is reversed, where the resentencing hearing afforded by the state court, following an alleged breach of the...

US v. WARREN

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A defendant may not invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to provide the government with additional information pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section...

RUIZ v. US

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
The cumulative weight of evidence supporting arson-related convictions is overwhelming, and the introduction of evidence of a gas leak eighteen months...

PEREZ v. PIERLUISI

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against four higher-ranking officials in the Department of Justice alleging that they retaliated against plaintiff for exercising his First...

HOFFMAN-PUGH v. KEENAN

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
A Colorado statute governing the secrecy of testimony at grand jury investigations did not violate the First Amendment, by prohibiting the disclosure...

PEOPLE v. HULLAND

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
An officer who purchased drugs from a defendant, then waited 52 days before seeking a warrant to search two residences where the defendant allegedly...