Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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98-10224
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U.S. v. Baugh
Requiring demonstrators to promise that they won't trespass before issuing permit, and arresting them when they refused to disperse, is prior restraint. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 12, 2000 | |
98-35142 and 98-35424
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Interstellar Starship Services Ltd. v. Epix Inc.
Summary judgment is improper when there is conflicting evidence regarding whether web-site address name infringed on another company's trademark. |
Intellectual Property |
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Jun. 12, 2000 | |
97-56727
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Verduzco v. Apfel
Administrative law judge doesn't exhibit ethnic bias in benefits hearing by expressing incredulity at applicant's claim of inability to speak English. |
Administrative Agencies |
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Jun. 12, 2000 | |
97-16068
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Sonoda v. Cabrera
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the Northern Mariana Islands is not within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals. |
Civil Procedure |
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Jun. 12, 2000 | |
98-16385
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Dittman v. State of California
State licensing board may require disclosure of social security number as condition of renewal. |
Civil Rights |
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Jun. 12, 2000 | |
98-16160
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Fort Ord Toxics Project Inc. v. California Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act doesn't pre-empt lawsuit challenging remedial cleanup of toxic site on Army property. |
Environmental Law |
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Jun. 12, 2000 | |
98-50316
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U.S. v. Pino-Noriega
Defendant waives right to testify when he waits until after jury verdict to inform court of his desire to testify. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 12, 2000 | |
98-16333
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Stubbs v. Gomez
Prosecutor doesn't use peremptory challenges discriminatorily, where they were used to excuse 3 black jurors after excusing the 5 others for cause. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 12, 2000 | |
97-15385
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Calabretta v. Floyd
Social worker and police officer aren't entitled to qualified immunity for warrantless, nonexigent, nonconsensual entry into home while investing suspected child abuse. |
Government |
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Jun. 12, 2000 | |
98-70581
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Reyes-Guerrero v. INS
Alien threatened with death for his political opinion is a well-founded fear of persecution for asylum purposes. |
Immigration |
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Jun. 12, 2000 | |
98-15757
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Wong v. Regents of the University of California
Americans with Disabilities Act requires medical school to fully consider effects of proposed accommodation on its curriculum. |
Civil Rights |
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Jun. 12, 2000 | |
98-15298
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Rutledge v. Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson
Court abuses discretion in awarding attorney fees when ERISA case should have been removed to federal court. |
Employment Law |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
98-15589
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U.S. Postal Service v. Amada
Service which pools lottery tickets isn't lottery when there is no offer of prize by chance in exchange for consideration. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
98-30158
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U.S. v. Griefen
First Amendment does not protect protesters refusing to leave restricted area because equivalent alternative methods of expression are available. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
97-56580
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Price v. Kramer
Evidence supported jury's finding that police officers' misconduct resulted from racial bias. |
Civil Rights |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
98-15704
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Resnick v. Hayes
Prisoner's constitutional rights are not violated by continued confinement in administrative segregation pending hearing on disciplinary charge that is not sustained. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
98-16025 , 98-16546 , 98-16560, and 98-16616
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Cline v. The Industrial Maintenance Engineering and Contracting Co.
Employee benefit plan is an individual retirement annuity governed by the Internal Revenue Code, not ERISA. |
Labor Law |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
98-55301
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Comedy III Productions Inc. v. ABC New Line Cinema
Clip from 'The Three Stooges' film, later used in feature film, is not an enforceable trademark. |
Intellectual Property |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
99-50200
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U.S. v. Whitehead
Although court erred in admitting evidence of defendant's post-arrest and pre-Miranda silence, other evidence of overwhelming guilt is sufficient to convict. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
97-56437
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Wetzel v. Lou Ehlers Cadillac Group Long Term Disability Insurance Program
Order |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | ||
96-56750
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Park v. People of the State of California
Order |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | ||
96-17315
|
State v. Hicks
Tribal court has subject matter jurisdiction over claims against state officials for misconduct in enforcing tribal court-approved warrant on Indian land. |
Native American Affairs |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
98-56660
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O'Rourke v. Kipperman (In re: Superior Crane & Rigging Inc.)
Dismissal is warranted where defendant can prove not set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief. |
Bankruptcy |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
98-16462
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Gutierrez v. Apfel
Plausible mental-impairment claim for disability benefits requires administrative law judge to complete psychiatric evaluation form and append it to decision. |
Administrative Agencies |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
98-55557
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Virgin v. County of San Luis Obispo
Congressional act granting federal land grant patents is not basis for federal question jurisdiction. |
Civil Procedure |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
98-56526 and 98-56591
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Page v. Torrey
Detainee subject to civil commitment under Sexually Violent Predators Act isn't subject to financial reporting and exhaustion requirements of Prison Litigation Reform Act. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
99-16809
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Baby Tam & Co. Inc. v. City of Las Vegas
Municipal business and zoning license's failure to set time limit for satisfaction of requirements is unconstitutional. |
Government |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
98-50601
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U.S. v. Dixon
Jury instruction that illegal alien smuggler's flight could be interpreted as consciousness of guilt is valid. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
98-30130
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U.S. v. Sandoval
Camper has reasonable expectation of privacy in tent on public land even though camper didn't have permission to camp on land. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
99-99007
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Ashmus v. Woodford
Expedited habeas corpus procedure under Antiterrorism and Death Penalty Act requires state system for appointment, compensation and qualification of death penalty counsel. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 9, 2000 |