all - Opinion Summaries

Laroe Estates, Inc. v. Town of Chester

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In a case in which a now-deceased land developer sued a town alleging a regulatory taking, the District Court's denial of plaintiff's motion to...

Sullivan v. Marchilli

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas corpus action, challenging petitioner's state conviction for possessing child pornography, the district court's denial of the petition for...

Paret-Ruiz v. US

Remedies, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Constitutional Law
In a civil action, following the reversal of plaintiff's prison sentence for drug conspiracy after four years imprisonment, the district court's...

Lingo v. City of Salem

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, alleging false arrest without probable cause and unlawful entry of the curtilage of plaintiff’s home, the district...

US v. Texas

Immigration Law, Constitutional Law
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.

Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Constitutional Law, Indian Law, Judges & Judiciary
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.

Birchfield v. North Dakota

Evidence, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In consolidated cases involving three plaintiffs who were arrested on drunk-driving charges and brought Fourth Amendment challenges to their...

Fisher v. University of Tex. at Austin

Civil Rights, Education Law, Constitutional Law
In a suit brought by a plaintiff who was not in the top 10% of her high school class and was denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin's...

Sarvis v. Alcorn

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a political figure in the Libertarian Party of Virginia's constitutional challenge to Virginia's three-tiered ballot ordering law, the District...

Draper v. Healey

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a pre-enforcement action brought by firearms dealers, consumers and advocacy groups under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 challenging the constitutionality...