all - Opinion Summaries

PLANS, INC. v. SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCH. DIST.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Tax Law
A non-profit corporation had taxpayer standing to bring a suit challenging a "Waldorf" school's curriculum as a whole, and has shown that a measurable...

MOORE v. KINNEY

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Nebraska's exceptional depravity aggravator in death penalty cases is not unconstitutionally vague and open-ended, as the Nebraska courts' narrowing...

SINGLETON v. NORRIS

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Arkansas may forcibly administer antipsychotic drugs to a prisoner whose date of execution has been set, and does not violate the Eighth Amendment...

GEN. AUTO SERV. STATION LLC v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court should not have abstained under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, in a challenge to a city zoning ordinance limiting signage, where...

TAYLOR v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY)

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
Where a minor did not receive an evidentiary hearing before the referee dismissed the dependency petition, and the lack of hearing was not harmless...

ALBATHANI v. INS

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Plaintiff's due process rights were not violated by an Immigration Judge's conduct in allegedly "hurrying along" plaintiff's asylum hearing.

US v. QUINONES

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Because the District Court's order clearly declared the Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994 (capital punishment) unconstitutional per se, and did not...

PEOPLE v. CARRERA

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Police effectuated an extraterritorial arrest pursuant to an amendment to section 7-4-8 of the Code, later held to be unconstitutional, thus the...

PORTER v. JONES

Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Elections
Claims by web site creators and users, accused of brokering an exchange of votes under California law, were not moot, unripe, or barred by the...

MOLSKI v. GLEICH

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Contracts
Certification of a mandatory class was violative of class members' due process rights, where a broad release provision released claims of members and...