all - Opinion Summaries

US v. NEWTON

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's retrial was not barred by the Double Jeopardy Clause as the trial judge did not intentionally provoke defendant's request for a mistrial....

DEMORE v. KIM

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
Congress may require that deportable criminal aliens be detained for the brief period necessary for removal proceedings. Federal courts have...

MANSELL v. OTTO

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
A crime victim could not state a claim for invasion of privacy based on reading of her mental health records by defendant and counsel, because they...

MELLEN v. BUNTING

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Military Law
A state-operated military college's sponsoring of a supper prayer violates the Establishment Clause. Cadets' claims were moot where the cadets had...

OSTAD v. OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIV.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former hospital resident's claims that termination from a residency program was in retaliation for questioning of a doctor's billing practices,...

AUSTIN v. JOHNSON

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Juvenile Law, Sentencing
A boot camp regimen did not violate the proportionality principle of the Eighth Amendment, but camp officials' reckless indifference to a juvenile's...

S. CAROLINA MED. ASS'N v. THOMPSON

Constitutional Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) does not unconstitutionally delegate legislative function. Regulations...

CASE v. MILEWSKI

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Military Law
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 complaint, alleging constitutional rights violations by Naval Training Center police force members, was not actionable where...

US v. LEONTI

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
A viable ineffective assistance claim can arise through counsel's alleged failure to effectively assist a defendant awaiting sentence, in willing...

KEY OUTDOOR INC. v. CITY OF GALESBURG

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
After removal to federal court, dismissal of claims is vacated to the extent the decision resolves any issues of state law as to whether a city could...