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MAJORS v. ABELL

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections
A suit challenging the constitutionality of an Indiana statute, which requires that persons paying for certain political advertising be identified in...

BRICE v. STATE OF DELAWARE

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Amendments to Delaware's death penalty statute in light of Ring v. Arizona, 122 S.Ct. 2428 (2002), were procedural and do not violate ex post facto...

VAUGHN v. COX

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
A sheriff deputy is entitled to qualified immunity from a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit arising out of a police chase, because U.S. Supreme Court...

MANGUAL v. MEDINA

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Media Law
Puerto Rico's criminal libel statute is unconstitutional under the First Amendment, as applicable to statements regarding public officials and public...

BROWN v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEP'T OF HEALTH EMERGENCY MED. SERVS. TRAINING INST.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Because states are not constitutionally obligated to provide rescue services to their citizens, nor are they constitutionally required to provide...

DEUTSCH v. TURNER CORP.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law
California Code of Civil Procedure section 354.6, creating a cause of action against German and Japanese corporations for claims involving World War...

HARRISON v. LOCKYER

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of defendant's discovery access to material that was more than five years old in a police officer's personnel file did not deny him due process...

US v. DOMINGUEZ

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The burden of establishing the constitutionality of prior convictions, in defendant's challenges to the use of prior convictions under the U.S.S.G.,...

STATE POLICE FOR AUTOMATIC RETIREMENT ASS'N v. DIFAVA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Government Law
Neither the Supreme Court's decision in Kimel v. Florida Bd. of Regents, 528 U.S. 62 (2002), nor Eleventh Amendment jurisprudence prevents individuals...

MANDELL v. THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of Title VII claims is reversed where based on evidence submitted in support of plaintiff's prima facie case and on evidence of pretext, a...