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Humanitarian Law Project v. United States Treasury Dept.
Organization seeking to support lawful activities of designated terrorists lacks standing to challenge President's authority to designate terrorist organizations. 		Constitutional Law Aug. 26, 2009
Movsesian v. Victoria Versicherung AG
Executive policy against recognition of Armenian genocide preempts statute recognizing insurance claims arising out of policies issued to genocide victims. 		Constitutional Law Aug. 21, 2009
Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena
California statute for recovery of Holocaust-era artwork subject to 'field preemption analysis' based on federal government's exclusive foreign affairs power. 		Constitutional Law Aug. 20, 2009
Stoot v. City of Everett
Officer is not entitled to qualified immunity where he provided coerced confession to prosecutor for use in criminal case against minor. 		Constitutional Law Aug. 14, 2009
Mueller v. Auker
Court has jurisdiction over district court's decision to grant partial summary judgment where official's requests for qualified immunity were denied. 		Constitutional Law Aug. 12, 2009
Armstrong v. Commonwealth of The Northern Mariana Islands
Action against Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands for recovery of income tax rebates does not arise under federal law for jurisdictional purposes. 		Constitutional Law Aug. 10, 2009
Long Beach Area Peace Network v. City of Long Beach
City may impose ordinance containing insurance requirement for event permit applicants where restriction is content-neutral. 		Constitutional Law Jul. 28, 2009
Huppert v. City of Pittsburg
First Amendment does not protect police officer from retaliatory action taken after he testified about department’s corruption before grand jury. 		Constitutional Law Jul. 22, 2009
Moss v. U.S. Secret Service
Anti-Bush protesters fail to state plausible claim of viewpoint discrimination where Secret Service Agents ordered police to relocate demonstration. 		Constitutional Law Jul. 20, 2009
County of Butte v. Superior Court (Williams)
Qualified medical marijuana patient may bring civil suit against deputy who, without warrant, forced him to destroy marijuana plants. 		Constitutional Law Jul. 3, 2009
Berger v. City of Seattle
First Amendment violation where rules governing conduct of street performers are invalid time, place, or manner restrictions. 		Constitutional Law Jun. 26, 2009
Safford Unified School District #1 v. Redding
Qualified immunity protects school officials where intrusive strip search violated student's Fourth Amendment rights. 		Constitutional Law Jun. 26, 2009
Sturgeon v. Bratton
LAPD policy prohibiting investigations based solely on discovering immigration status and arrests for illegal entry is not preempted by federal law. 		Constitutional Law Jun. 19, 2009
Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez, Alaska
Tax ordinance imposing charge on certain vessels based on use of city port is tonnage-based and therefore, unconstitutional. 		Constitutional Law Jun. 16, 2009
Dahms v. Downtown Pomona Property and Business Improvement District
Special assessment district permitted to impose discounted assessments for nonprofit entities only. 		Constitutional Law Jun. 10, 2009
Republic of Iraq v. Beaty
President's exercise of Emergency Wartime Supplmental Appropriations Act 'catch-all' provision reinstates sovereign immunity to Iraq. 		Constitutional Law Jun. 9, 2009
Corales v. Bennett
First Amendment retaliation claim fails where students' act of leaving campus was not constitutionally-protected activity. 		Constitutional Law Jun. 3, 2009
National Association of Optometrists & Opticians LensCrafters Inc. v. Brown
California statutes preventing opticians from selling eyewear wherever optometrists provide examinations does not violate dormant Commerce Clause. 		Constitutional Law May 28, 2009
Haywood v. Drown
New York law protecting correctional officers from damages suits alleging violations of prisoner's federal rights inconsistent with Supremacy Clause. 		Constitutional Law May 26, 2009
Ashcroft v. Iqbal
Complaint alleging purposeful discrimination against federal officials regarding post Sept. 11 attack arrest fails to state sufficient facts to establish plausible claim. 		Constitutional Law May 18, 2009
U.S. v. Alderman
Statute penalizing felon convicted of violent crime for possession of bullet proof vest that crossed state lines is constitutional. 		Constitutional Law May 12, 2009
Dahms v. Downtown Pomona Property and Business Improvement District
Special assessment district permitted to impose discounted assessments for nonprofit entities only. 		Constitutional Law May 12, 2009
Jimenez (Samuel Zamudio) on Habeas Corpus
Order 		Constitutional Law Apr. 30, 2009
SP Star Enterprises Inc. v. City of Los Angeles
Adult club is denied conditional use permit for sale of alcohol where court finds that right to sell alcohol is unprotected activity. 		Constitutional Law Apr. 29, 2009
Wilson v. Kayo Oil Co.
Current inability to visit public accommodation due to accessibility barriers sufficient to survive facial attack on standing. 		Constitutional Law Apr. 26, 2009
Nordyke v. King
Second Amendment does not prohibit local government from regulating gun possession on public property. 		Constitutional Law Apr. 20, 2009
Somers v. Superior Court
Denial of request for birth certificate gender change by person born in California but residing in Kansas is violation of equal protection. 		Constitutional Law Apr. 13, 2009
U.S. v. Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation's lease with mining company was not created under Section 635(a) authorization, barring claim for breach of trust. 		Constitutional Law Apr. 7, 2009
Palmer v. Valdez
Right to jury trial is not violated where plaintiff agreed to bench trial in order to include telephonic testimony. 		Constitutional Law Mar. 25, 2009
The Nethercutt Collection v. Regalia
Court erroneously instructs on slander per se instead of slander per quod in suit brought by automobile museum president. 		Constitutional Law Mar. 23, 2009
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