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Constitutional Law United States First Circuit, 04/11/2011
Elgin v. US Dept. of Treasury, No. 10-1302
In a constitutional challenge to the prohibition against Executive Branch employment of persons failing to register with the Selective Service System as a forbidden bill of attainder, judgment by district court is reversed where court lacked subject matter jurisdiction. Read more... United States First Circuit, 04/14/2011
Young v. Wall, No. 10-1862
In a dispute involving whether the unilateral suspension by a prison of its internal policy of paying interest on inmate accounts constituted an unconstitutional taking, judgment by district court dismissing action is affirmed because prison inmates lack a constitutionally-protected property right in interest not yet paid. Read more... United States Third Circuit, 04/13/2011
Galena v. Leone, No. 10-1914
In a Section 1983 action arising from the expulsion of plaintiff from a public meeting, judgment of the district court vacating jury verdict awarding plaintiff compensatory damages, and denying attorneys fees, is affirmed because there was insufficient evidence supporting jury verdict. Read more...
United States Ninth Circuit, 04/11/2011
US v. Arizona, No. 10-16645
In a dispute involving immigration law enforcement statute passe by Arizona, S.B. 1070, judgment by district court granting the United States injunctive relief on sections 2(B), 3, 5(C), and 6 of the statute as likely preempted by federal law is affirmed where judgment was not an abuse of discretion. Read more... United States Ninth Circuit, 04/15/2011
Florer v. Congregation Pidyon Shevuyim, N.A. Contract Chaplaincy, No. 07-35866
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) action by plaintiff-prisoner alleging that defendants violated his constitutional rights when, on the basis that they did not consider him to be Jewish, they declined his requests for a Torah, a Jewish calendar, and a rabbi visit, summary judgment in favor of the defendants is affirmed because defendants were not state actors. Read more...
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