| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
Johnson v. RimmerUnited States Seventh Circuit
Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence
Affirmed. The district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of two individual defendants in a Fourteenth Amendment case arising from the...
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08/30/2019 | 18-1321 |
US v. London, Jr.United States First Circuit
Sentencing, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed. A motion to correct a 1996 sentence as a career offender was not timely because the motion asserts a right not recognized in caselaw.
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08/29/2019 | 17-30675 |
Jeffra v. Cal. State LotteryCalifornia Court of Appeal
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Affirmed. Plaintiff was an investigator employed by the California State Lottery. He sued Defendant alleging retaliation in violation of the...
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08/29/2019 | B292775 |
People v. ForceCalifornia Court of Appeal
Judges & Judiciary, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Reversed and remand for new trial. Defendant is a sexually violent predator who is currently receiving treatment at a state mental hospital. He...
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08/29/2019 | G055482 |
Wilson v. Cook CountyUnited States Seventh Circuit
Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Affirmed. The district court properly dismissed complaint by Cook County residents raising Second Amendment claims challenging a ban on assault rifles...
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08/29/2019 | 18-2686 |
Caliste v. CantrellUnited States Fifth Circuit
Judges & Judiciary, Constitutional Law
Affirmed. A magistrate's dual role as generator and administrator of court fees creates a conflict of interest when they set bail.
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08/29/2019 | 18-30954 |
Romero v. BrownUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Partially affirmed, partially reversed. The removal of children from a home under investigation for abuse did not result in substantive due process...
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08/29/2019 | 18-20157 |
Lockett v. BonsonUnited States Seventh Circuit
Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law
Affirmed. The grant of a defense motion for summary judgement in an Eighth Amendment claim brought by a prisoner against prison nurses he says were...
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08/28/2019 | 19-1012 |
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Edwards Aquifer AuthorityUnited States Fifth Circuit
Government Law, Constitutional Law
Affirmed. A conservation and reclamation district regulating groundwater was not subject to the one person, one vote principle of the Equal Protection...
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08/28/2019 | 18-50655 |
Green v. JuniousUnited States Seventh Circuit
Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Affirmed. A state court gun possession finding was conclusive as to that factual point in a subsequent federal suit seeking damages for constitutional...
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08/28/2019 | 17-1784 |