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US v. Swisher

Military Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for unauthorized wearing of military medals in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 704(a) is reversed. The Court held that section 704(a) as...

Estate of Armstrong v. Village of Pinehurst

Injury & Tort Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising from the death of Ronald H. Armstrong after being tased by police, the district court's grant of summary...

Bauer v. Lynch

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Government Law
In an employment discrimination case challenging the FBI's use of gender-normed physical fitness standards, the district court's grant of summary...

Askew v. HFRC, LLC

Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Contracts
In a debt collection action arising from a car loan, the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendant is: 1) affirmed as to plaintiff's...

Connelly v. Lane Construction Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging gender-based employment discrimination and sexual harassment by a female truck driver, in violation of Title VII of the Civil...

People v. Verducci

Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of first degree murder, Pen. Code section 187(a), is affirmed over defendant's claims that the he trial court abused its discretion and...

Kelly v. Orr

Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a suit brought by a trustee against lawyers and a law firm for professional negligence in relation to legal advice they provided to his predecessor...

Marriage of Peterson

Family Law
When one spouse contributes to Social Security, which according to federal law is a spouse's separate property, and the other spouse participates in a...

Clark v. McCann

Elections, Government Law
In an action challenging 12 uncounted ballots in a close race for city council, concerning the handling of provisional ballots where the voter does...

Gladstone v. U.S. Bancorp.

Bankruptcy Law, Insurance Law
In a bankruptcy action, the district court's order is affirmed where the debtor's interests in the term life insurance policies, including their...