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LANDELL v. SORRELL

Constitutional Law, Elections
Vermont's Act 64, which imposes expenditure and contribution limitations on campaigns for state office, is constitutional, but the First Amendment...

THOMPSON v. ILLINOIS DEP'T OF PROF'L REGULATION

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
A Chief Administrative Law Judge's claim, that demotion and transfer was in retaliation for exercising First Amendment rights, was not actionable...

JACKSON v. ILLINOIS-MEDICAR, INC.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Transportation
Claim for unconstitutional denial of medical care to a pretrial detainee is not actionable, where provider of transportation services had no authority...

TORBET v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Transportation
A random search at an airport security checkpoint, of a carry-on bag that has passed through an x-ray scan without arousing suspicion that the bag...

REYES v. CITY OF LYNCHBURG

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
A plaintiff under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 may not bring a civil action for nominal damages against a city, for indictment and acquittal under a parade...

NAT'L RIFLE ASS'N v. BUCKLES

Constitutional Law
A semi-automatic assault weapons ban is a legitimate exercise of congressional authority to regulate a significant threat to public health and safety,...

US v. CORTES

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Congress may constitutionally regulate carjacking under the Commerce Clause, as an activity that substantially affects interstate commerce....

CLEMENT v. GOMEZ

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Prison officials are entitled to qualified immunity for inmates' claims of excessive force arising from corrections officers' use of pepper spray, but...

MCBRYDE v. US

Constitutional Law
A judge was not entitled, under 28 U.S.C. section 463, to recover the costs of pursuing a mandamus action, and the government's failure to pay such...

NYEHOLT v. SEC'Y OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
An amended portion of the Schedule for Rating Disabilities in 38 C.F.R. section 4.114, addressing disabilities of the liver, does not purport to...