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CARRICHE v. ASHCROFT

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
The Board of Immigration Appeals' "streamlining process," which bypasses traditional three-judge review, does not violate the due process rights of...

WASHINGTON v. LINEBARGER, GOGGAN, BLAIR, PENA & SAMPSON, LLP

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Tax Law
The Tax Injunction Act prevents the federal district court from hearing a constitutional challenge to a city ordinance authorizing the collection of...

ORLEANS INT'L, INC. v. US

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, International Trade
In a challenge of the constitutionality of import assessments mandated by the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985, the Court of International...

BOYD v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Although police had probable cause to arrest defendant, there was no probable cause to prosecute him, thus his 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim for...

S.B. v. DEP'T OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Constitutional Law, Family Law
A party in a dependency proceeding did not have a constitutional right to counsel, and therefore could not collaterally challenge the effectiveness of...

N. FLORIDA WOMEN'S HEALTH & COUNSELING SERVS., INC. v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Constitutional Law, Health Law
The Parental Notice of Abortion Act, section 390.01115, Florida Statutes, requiring a minor to meet certain requirements prior to undergoing an...

HIMES v. THOMPSON

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
A decision that petitioner violated terms of his parole, made based on parole regulations more onerous than those in place at the time petitioner...

PEOPLE v. ALEXANDER

Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law
The state's prohibition of so-called virtual child pornography suffers from the same constitutional infirmity that doomed the federal prohibition of...

CHUNG v. US DEP'T OF JUSTICE

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
A court may toll, for equitable reasons, the two-year statute of limitations in the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. section 552a(b).

MALABED v. N. SLOPE BOROUGH

Constitutional Law, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law
A local ordinance giving a preference in borough employment to members of federally-recognized Indian tribes violates the Alaska Constitution's...