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GOMEZ v. ATKINS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
A police sergeant was entitled to qualified immunity, to a claim that he violated an arrestee's constitutional rights by causing him to be charged and...

CITY OF MIAMI v. MCGRATH

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Transportation
Florida Statutes section 218.503(5)(a), authorizing a municipality to impose a parking tax, but restricting which municipalities may do so,...

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY v. THE ATTORNEY GEN. OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
A District of New Jersey court rule, extending the time for filing an attorney's fee application, is a valid exception to FRCP 54(d) requirements as...

PEOPLE v. HARRIS

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The post-death-notice plea bargaining provisions of the death penalty statute, in effect at the time of defendant's trial, impermissibly discouraged...

ROBINSON v. STATE OF KANSAS

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
The State of Kansas, its governor, and two state education officials are not entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity to a challenge to the state's...

RICKS v. NICKELS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Military Law
Where a prisoner was incarcerated at a military prison and subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, alleged constitutional violations were...

COUNTY SEC. AGENCY v. THE OHIO DEP'T OF COMMERCE

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
An injunction, which prevented a journalist from disclosing information in registration records of private security guards working at the site of an...

PEOPLE v. WOLLSCHLAGER

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In order to commit a defendant under the Sexually Violent Predators Act, the constitution requires proof that the offender has serious difficulty in...

GABLE v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A class action suit, for damages to automobiles after they were towed to an impound lot, was not actionable against a city, where no policy or custom...

NELSON v. GERINGER

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Employees dismissed from Wyoming National Guard positions, for failing to meet the state's newly enacted residency requirements for their positions,...