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PETERSON v. LAMPERT

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a habeas petition is affirmed where petitioner failed to exhaust a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in state courts, because on...

U.S. v. BRILEY

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Evidence was sufficient to support counterfeiting conviction. District court did not err in admitting the counterfeit bills over an objection...

TRZEBUCKOWSKI v. CITY OF CLEVELAND

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal of a city ordinance unconstitutionally applied to plaintiff and his business, because related charges against plaintiff were dismissed,...

FLORIDA PUB. TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASS'N., INC. v. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
A city zoning ordinance which regulates pay phones located on private property is preempted in its entirety under Florida state law, but a total ban...

DOWNING v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIV. OF ALABAMA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of Eleventh Amendment immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 2000e-2(a)(1) sexual harassment claim is affirmed, and the antiretaliation provision of...

BALLARD v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Constitutional Law, Tax Law
Application of Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure Rule 183 did not violate appellants' due process rights, and evidence is sufficient to...

KITTERY MOTORCYCLE, INC. v. ROWE

Constitutional Law, Transportation
A state law which authorize the sale of everything on Sundays except motor vehicles does not violate the US Constitution's guarantees of equal...

BOWLER v. HAWKE

Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
Where the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC) opinion letter, stating that the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (GLBA), Pub. L. No....

RAMIREZ-ALEJANDRE v. ASHCROFT

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
The now-repealed procedures to which petitioner was subjected violated his right to due process of law, where the Board of Immigration Appeals refused...

CALHOUN v. DETELLA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a prisoner's claim of an Eighth Amendment violation through a deliberately harassing strip search, 42 U.S.C. section 1997e(e) does not preclude...