• American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County School Board

    Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-05
    Court: 11th Cir.
    Judge: Carnes, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 06-14633

    PUBLISHBefore CARNES and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and WALTER,*fn1 District Judge.Kafka advised a friend that "we ought to read only books that bite and sting us.

  • Mid-Valley Oil Co., Inc. v Hughes Network Sys., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-08-19
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    Court: Appellate Division, 2nd Dept
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    Case Number: 2007-00900

    Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department PETER B. SKELOS, J.P. FRED T. SANTUCCI RUTH C. BALKIN CHERYL E. CHA

  • February 11, 2000 | National Law Journal

    More Than Hale's Views Might Be in Question

    The effort of self-proclaimed white racist Matthew Hale to become an Illinois lawyer seemed to raise a good, clear issue: Can someone's racial and religious views make him unfit to practice law?

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  • July 8, 2011 | The Associated Press

    Texas executes Mexican despite White House plea

    HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block Texas from executing a Mexican citizen despite a White House-backed appeal that claimed the case could affect other foreigners arr

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  • June 4, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Elder Law

    The surveillance video of the March 4, 2007 mugging of 101-year-old Rose Morat was played so many times on the news (it can still be seen on the Internet) that it has become iconic. br

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  • People v. Elliott

    Publication Date: 2012-02-02
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    Date Filed: 2012-02-02
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka and Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorneys General, Sharlene Honnaka, Joseph P. Lee, Thomas C. Hsieh and James William Bilderback, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Richard B. Mazer, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. S027094

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 1350 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARCHAND ELLIOTT, Defendant and Appe

  • Weise v. Casper

    Publication Date: 2010-01-29
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    Date Filed: 2010-01-27
    Court: 10th Cir.
    Judge: Kelly, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 09-1085

    Before TACHA, HOLLOWAY, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.Plaintiffs-Appellants Leslie Weise and Alex Young appeal from the district court's dismissal of their Bivens complaint against certain defendants.

  • April 23, 2009 | The Associated Press

    Ga. board denies clemency for condemned man

    ATLANTA AP - Georgia's pardons rejected a bid for clemency on Thursday by a white supremacist set to be executed next week for the murder of one of his followers. The Georgia Board of

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  • September 1, 2008 | Legal Times

    The Honor of It All

    Senior Judge Laurence Silberman recently pronounced himself “thrilled” to receive the Presi­den­tial Medal of Freedom. He added, “I didn’t fight

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  • October 24, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Habeas history shows presidents, Supreme Court often at odds

    PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN had been in office less than two months when he took an executive action unprecedented in American history. He suspended the right of habeas corpus. At the ti

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