| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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98-6480
|
Turner v. Champion
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
98-1391
|
U.S. v. Avila-Gonzalez
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
98-5134
|
Washington v. Champion
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
99-6140
|
Williams v. Aramark Educational Group, Inc.
Order |
Employment Law |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
99-6175
|
Schmidt v. Scott
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
99-1139
|
Lopez v. Sampson
Order |
Civil Rights |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
99-5011
|
Williams v. Apfel
Order |
Administrative Agencies |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
98-5194
|
Taylor v. Pespi-Cola Co.
Wrongful termination claim under Americans with Disabilities Act fails when plaintiff can't establish he's qualified to perform essential functions of job. |
Employment Law |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
98-6465
|
Trice v. Ward
Standards of review set forth in Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act is proper in first-degree murder case. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
98-5154
|
Clayton v. Gibson
Holding a retrospective competency hearing is proper if contemporaneous medical evidence is available. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
98-1313 and 98-1337
|
Townsend v. Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall
Evidence of parties' conduct clarifies intent and purpose of parties' as to whether contract was formed. |
Employment Law |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
98-4177
|
U.S. v. Kammersell
Federal court has jurisdiction over bomb threat made over the Internet, despite both sender and recipient being in the same state. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
99SC381
|
Office of the State Court Administrator v. Background Information Services Inc.
Judicial branch isn't required to compile bulk, computer-generated data for public dissemination. |
Government |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
98SC622
|
Elgin v. Bartlett
In a medical malpractice action brought on behalf of a minor, the statute of limitations is tolled during minor's legal disability. |
Torts |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
98-1441
|
Debias v. Zeman (In re Debias)
Order |
Bankruptcy |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
97-2229
|
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Order |
Employment Law |
|
Nov. 24, 1999 | |
|
98-3255
|
U.S. v. Lummus
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 | |
|
99-9517
|
Ureno-Salazar v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Order |
Immigration |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 | |
|
98-6243
|
Welsh v. City of Shawnee
Order |
Civil Rights |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 | |
|
97-5223
|
Amerada Hess Corporation v. Department of Interior
Trial court lacks jurisdiction to hear federal gas lessee's claim of excessive royalty payments. |
Administrative Agencies |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 | |
|
97-4057
|
Valdez v. McPheters
Totality of circumstances determines whether officers entering residence, has reasonable belief that suspect resided within. |
Constitutional Law |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 | |
|
97-5216
|
Boyd Rosene and Associates Inc. v. Kansas Municipal Gas Agency
Contractual choice-of-law provisions and parties' expectations are substantial factor in determining which state's law to apply when awarding attorney's fees. |
Civil Procedure |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 | |
|
97-1157
|
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 v. Moody's Investor's Services Inc.
First Amendment protects publication of article that neither states nor implies an assertion that is provably false. |
Torts |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 | |
|
97-3220
|
Franklin Savings Corporation v. United States of America
Allegations of bad faith of federal banking overseers are barred by discretionary-function exception. |
Banking |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 | |
|
98-2087
|
U.S. v. Charley
Where amount of erroneously admitted testimony is relatively modest, in light of strength of properly admitted testimony, the error is harmless. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 | |
|
98-6325
|
U.S. v. Vasquez-Alvarez
Local police can arrest illegal alien with previous felony and deportation before receiving confirmation of status. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 | |
|
98-2126
|
U.S. v. Bencomo-Castillo
Previously deported alien not "found" in U.S. because of earlier arrest and release, justifies sentence enhancement. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 | |
|
98-1021
|
Federal Deposit Insurance v. Noel
Scattered records at failed savings and loan doesn't prevent presumption barring claims and defenses. |
Banking |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 | |
|
97-4116
|
Hardman v. Mountain States Steel Inc.
'Special employer' isn't immune from suit where injured worker doesn't know that company was in charge. |
Workers' Compensation |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 | |
|
97-1927
|
Hanlon v. Berger
Police have qualified immunity for violation of Fourth Amendment right when law on the question of their action was not previously clearly established. |
Constitutional Law |
|
Nov. 23, 1999 |