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FED. ELECTION COMM'N v. BEAUMONT

Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Elections, Tax-exempt Organizations
Application of the direct contribution prohibition, 2 U.S.C. section 441b, to non-profit advocacy corporations is consistent with the First Amendment.

OVERTON v. BAZZETTA

Constitutional Law
The fact that prison regulations limiting visitation bear a rational relation to legitimate penological interests suffices to sustain them, regardless...

VIRGINIA v. HICKS

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The trespass policy in place at a low-income housing development owned by a political subdivision is not facially invalid under the First Amendment...

CIENEGA GARDENS v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a Fifth Amendment regulatory takings case, the trial court erred in holding (1) that developers who voluntarily participated in HUD housing...

SARATOGA COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC. v. PATAKI

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Indian Law
The governor's entering into agreements with Indian tribes to permit casino gaming on Indian reservations, without legislative approval, was...

HERR v. NESTLE U.S.A., INC.

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In this age discrimination action, the trial court correctly enjoinined dedendant pursuant to the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) (Bus. & Prof. Code...

BRIGGS v. MERIT SYS. PROT. BD.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Elections, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's attacks on the constitutionality of the Hatch Act, which prohibits certain government employees from engaging in certain political...

WAYS v. CITY OF LINCOLN

Constitutional Law
A city nude dancing ordinance prohibiting sexual contact and public nudity was not unconstitutionally overbroad or vague, did not violate employees'...

SINGLE MOMS, INC. v. MONTANA POWER CO.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Public Utilities
An electric and gas utility company's lobbying efforts, to influence lawmakers in deregulation of state energy markets, were not "state action"...

BEAHRINGER v. PAGE

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
An inmate failed to allege sufficient facts showing that he exhausted the Illinois Department of Corrections's grievance procedure prior to filing his...