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CARR v. TATANGELO

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Although defendant officers may not have exhibited paradigmatic police work in the course of monitoring drug activity, they are entitled to qualified...

HOLCOMB v. LYKENS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendants' failure to follow the Vermont Department of Corrections' written procedures when revoking plaintiff's extended furlough from prison did...

ANDERSON v. ROCHESTER-GENESEE REG'L TRANSP. AUTH.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
In an action alleging the defendants' paratransit system for disabled persons violated the ADA, summary judgment on the plaintiffs' claims for...

KAUFMAN v. ACS SYS., INC.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
A class action under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, which regulates unsolicited "junk fax" advertisements, may be maintained...

PEOPLE v. BURNETT

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction for animal cruelty and sentence of three years in state prison is affirmed over claims of insufficiency of evidence, erroneous instructions...

WILSON v. KITTOE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Attorney plaintiff's offer of legal services to a third party who was being arrested did not provide police officer with probable cause to arrest...

MCCANN v. MANGIALARDI

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Plaintiff failed to show that a police officer violated his right to due process, as evidence did not show that the officer knew about drugs being...

JONES v. ALCOA, INC.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under the rule of Delaware State College v. Ricks, 101 S.Ct. 498 (1980), plaintiffs' race discrimination claim is barred by Texas's two-year statute...

CARTWRIGHT v. CITY OF MARINE CITY

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 plaintiff has not made out a constitutional violation against a city or police officers, for failing to prevent the death of...

PICKNEY v. CAIN

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A habeas petitioner's claim of deprivation of equal protection through selection of a grand jury foreperson was procedurally defaulted, and petitioner...