To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, November 26, 2008 Estate of Bennett, No. 072169 In a suit against defendant-police officers for the shooting death of decedent following gunfire initiated by decedent, judgment…
November 10 – 14, 2008. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, November 10, 2008 Giragosian v. Ryan, No. 081067 In a claim by plaintiff gun shop owner against chief of police and…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, November 05, 2008 Parker v. Gerrish, No. 081045 In a claim that defendant-police officer violated plaintiff’s constitutional rights by using his Taser during the course of…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, October 29, 2008 Nader v. Blackwell, No. 07-4350 In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by Ralph Nader against Ohio’s former Secretary of State for…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, October 24, 2008 Jelovsek v. Bredesen, No. 07-5443, 07-5524 In a case involving whether certain Tennessee laws governing the wine industry violate the dormant commerce clause…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, October 15, 2008 Batterman v. Leahy, No. 072653 In a claim for attorneys fees, the district court’s administrative closure of the case on grounds of Pullman…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, October 08, 2008 Hartline v. Gallo, No. 065309 In claim for unconstitutional strip search in the absence of individualized suspicion that she was secreting contraband, grant…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, AEROSPACE & DEFENSE, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW, MILITARY LAW Dibble v. Fenimore, No. 063307 In an action for administrative relief brought by plaintiff-state National Guard service technician who was denied…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, September 23, 2008 Welch v. Campia, No. 072470 In a lawsuit filed against the Chief of Police and the Town on the grounds that defendants impermissibly…
Week ending August 15, 2008 Verdicts Most Plaintiffs Who Reject Settlement Offers Do Worse at Trial Aug 11, 2008, 06:49 am CDT “The gamble of going to trial doesn’t pay off for most plaintiffs, according to a study of more than 2,000 civil suits from 2002 to 2005. Sixty-one percent…