| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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97-10385
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U.S. v. Velez
Director of agency authorized to assist aliens with immigration process violates position of trust by falsifying thousands of applications. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
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98-15834
|
Laquaglia v. Rio Hotel & Casino Inc.
Employee is entitled to 300-day limitation period to file EEOC complaint even though state agency's deadline was missed. |
Employment Law |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
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98-70079 and 98-70084
|
American Rivers v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Environmental Impact Statement for hydropower project may use a 'no action' alternative to establish baseline environmental conditions for comparison with other alternatives. |
Environmental Law |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
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98-30297
|
U.S. v. Johnson
Sentence enhancement is proper when victim was 'restrained' by defendant removing her key from car. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
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97-35837
|
Lopez v. Thompson
Order |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | ||
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99-30045
|
U.S. v. Johnson
For Interstate Agreement on Detainers purposes, prisoner's delivery of completed speedy-trial demand form to prison officials starts the 180-day limit. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
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98-35186 and 98-35187
|
K.D.M. v. Reedsport School District
Children with disabilities may be offered state-supported special services at private schools, but not at parochial schools. |
Constitutional Law |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
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98-35527
|
Souders v. Lucero
Nonstudent, subject to a protective order prohibiting him from stalking a student, may be banned from public university campus. |
Civil Rights |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-70580
|
Burton v. Stevedoring Services of America
Disability benefits decisions pending for over a year and not decided by Sept. 12, 1996, are null and void. |
Labor Law |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-35659 and 98-35661
|
Mitchell v. Burt Vetterlein & Bushnell P.C. (In re Alexander v. Stein)
180 days is outer time limit for party who doesn't receive notice of entry of judgment to seek additional time to appeal. |
Civil Procedure |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-35867
|
Weaver v. Thompson
Bailiff's instructions that the jury had to reach a verdict on all counts violate defendant's due process rights. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-71294
|
Crown Pacific v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
Regulation of 'mounting and demounting of rim wheels' isn't applicable to employer who isn't engaged in that kind of business. |
Administrative Agencies |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
97-17384
|
Niehaus v. Greyhound Lines Inc.
Federal labor law doesn't pre-empt state law tort and contract claims that don't require interpretation of collective bargaining agreement. |
Labor Law |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-10010, 98-10011, 98-10012, and 98-10294
|
U.S. v. Hanley
Defendant need not personally make phone calls in telemarketing scam to be guilty of wire fraud. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-15796 and 98-15918
|
Mishler v. Clift
Medical board responding to inquiry by another state's board is an administrative act entitled only to qualified immunity. |
Government |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-15347
|
Elias v. U.S. Trustee (In re Elias)
Bankruptcy court doesn't abuse its discretion in declining to reopen to set aside an appointment order and to consider attorney's fees. |
Bankruptcy |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
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97-35825
|
Bibeau v. Pacific Northwest Research Foundation Inc.
Inmate subjected to radiation experiments doesn't 'discover' his injury by later-enacted legislative apology and offer of payment of medical expenses. |
Civil Procedure |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
99-15125
|
In re Grand Jury Investigation
Court's order disqualifying attorney from representing multiple witnesses in grand-jury proceeding isn't abuse of discretion. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-35727
|
Hostmann v. Capital Consultants Inc.
Secured party's interest in collateral continues after unauthorized transfer, but may be terminated by satisfaction of debt or consensual transfer by debtor. |
Bankruptcy |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-30188
|
United States v. Lopez-Gonzalez
Conviction for illegal entry after deportation is proper, even if defendant was removed, because deportation and removal aren't different under illegal entry statute. |
Immigration |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-35708
|
Klamath Water Users Protective Assn. v. Patterson
Irrigators in Klamath Basin aren't third-party beneficiaries to contract governing management of Little River Dam. |
Environmental Law |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-35321
|
Beachy v. Boise Cascade Corp.
Employee suing under Americans with Disabilities Act isn't entitled to jury instruction on perceived impairment when suffering from at least one impairment. |
Employment Law |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
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97-35584
|
U.S. v. Scrivner
Where case law is decided before defendant's direct appeal is final, it is not considered an 'intervening change in law.' |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
99-3019
|
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri v. Pierce
State motor fuel tax can be levied on fuel distributions to retail gasoline stations on Indian lands not reserved by U.S. treaty. |
Taxation |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-8075
|
Cooperman v. David
Slipping saddle is inherent risk of sport of horseback riding. |
Torts |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-1075
|
Blackhawk-Central v. American Guarantee
Insurer has duty to defend insured when language in policy's pollution exclusion is ambiguous. |
Insurance |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-4154
|
Feichko v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co.
Employer not liable for injuries sustained by employee engaged in activity outside scope of his employment. |
Torts |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
98-2265
|
Weitz v. Lovelace Health System Inc.
Health care provider has neither duty to control outpatient, nor duty to warn others of his violent propensities. |
Torts |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
97-9513
|
Rivera-Jimenez v. INS
When deportation proceedings commence before April 1, 1997, BIA must apply transitional IIRIRA rules, not INA rules. |
Immigration |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 | |
|
99-3310
|
Wilson v. Apfel
Order |
Administrative Agencies |
|
Jun. 15, 2000 |