Habeas Corpus
Al-Alwi v. Trump
D.C. Circuit Holds the Government’s Authority Has Not Unraveled.
Recent Cases
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Title IX
Doe No. 55 v. Madison Metropolitan School District
Seventh Circuit Holds School Not Liable in Case of Child Sex Abuse.
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First Amendment
Commonwealth v. Knox
True Threat Doctrine — Pennsylvania Supreme Court Finds Rap Song a True Threat.
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First Amendment: Religion
American Humanist Ass’n v. Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission
En Banc Fourth Circuit Denies Rehearing of Holding that Cross-Shaped World War I Memorial Violates Establishment Clause.
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Administrative Law
Soundboard Ass’n v. FTC
D.C. Circuit Holds that Informal Staff Letters Are Not Eligible for Judicial Review Under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Criminal Procedure
United States v. Touset
Eleventh Circuit Holds that Border Searches of Property Require No Suspicion.
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Administrative Law
Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of the Interior
Fourth Circuit Vacates Environmental Approvals for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
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Eighth Amendment
Manning v. Caldwell
Fourth Circuit Declines to Apply Justice White’s Concurrence in Powell v. Texas as Binding Precedent.
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Civil Rights
Rodriguez v. Swartz
Ninth Circuit Extends Bivens Remedy to Mexican Citizen Killed in Mexico by Cross-Border Agent Standing in America.
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Race and the Law
Lewis v. Governor of Alabama
Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Discrimination Claim Relying on Historical and Statistical Evidence.