| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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98-56051
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Siegel v. Newman
Order |
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Jun. 12, 2000 | ||
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98-55597
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National Environmental Waste Corp. v. Stephens, Berg & Lasaster
Order |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | ||
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98-55597
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National Environmental Waste Corp. v. Stephens, Berg & Lasaster
Order |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | ||
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99-8458
|
Jackson v. Apfel
Order |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | ||
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98-50589
|
U.S. v. Castillo-Casiano
Failure to consider whether nature of defendant's underlying conviction warrants a downward departure constitutes judicial error. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
98-55662
|
Bins v. Exxon Company USA
Order |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | ||
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99-15052
|
Wood v. Divelbiss & Divelbiss (In re Wood)
Party has standing where she manifested her intent to appeal in the notice of appeal itself and subsequent submissions. |
Bankruptcy |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
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98-50589
|
U.S. v. Castillo-Casiano
Failure to consider whether nature of defendant's underlying conviction warrants a downward departure constitutes judicial error. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
97-17140
|
Government of Guam v. United States
Guam isn't entitled to ownership or right to control public lands under either federal law or claim of aboriginal titles. |
Real Property |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
98-35142 and 98-35423
|
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 |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
97-99016
|
Wallace v. Stewart
Failure to develop evidence during sentencing is ineffective assistance of counsel because mitigation evidence might be key in avoiding death penalty. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
98-10224
|
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 |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
98-35142 and 98-35424
|
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 |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
97-56727
|
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 |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
97-16068
|
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 |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
98-16385
|
Dittman v. State of California
State licensing board may require disclosure of social security number as condition of renewal. |
Civil Rights |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
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98-16160
|
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 |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
98-50316
|
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 |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
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98-16333
|
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 |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
97-15385
|
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 |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
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98-70581
|
Reyes-Guerrero v. INS
Alien threatened with death for his political opinion is a well-founded fear of persecution for asylum purposes. |
Immigration |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
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98-15757
|
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 |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
98-15298
|
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 |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
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98-15589
|
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 |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-30158
|
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 |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
97-56580
|
Price v. Kramer
Evidence supported jury's finding that police officers' misconduct resulted from racial bias. |
Civil Rights |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-15704
|
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 |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-16025 , 98-16546 , 98-16560, and 98-16616
|
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 |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-55301
|
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 |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
99-50200
|
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 |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 |