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Federal Courts Criminal Matters, Including Death Row Inmate's Section 1983 Claim

Criminal Matters, Including Death Row Inmate's Section 1983 Claim

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Durr v. Cordray, No. 10-3463 concerned a death row inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit challenging Ohio's denial of access to certain physical evidence...

Federal Courts Conditional Grant of Habeas Relief On Ineffective Assistance Claim

Conditional Grant of Habeas Relief On Ineffective Assistance Claim

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In English v. Romanowski, No. 08-2611, the Sixth Circuit faced a challenge to the district court's decision to grant a conditional habeas relief on the ground...

Federal Courts Statute Criminalizing Sending Harmful Materials to Juveniles Held Constitutional

Statute Criminalizing Sending Harmful Materials to Juveniles Held Constitutional

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

American Booksellers Found. for Free Expression v. Strickland, No. 07-4375 involved a plaintiffs's suit claiming that Ohio Revised Code section 2907.31(D)(1),...

Federal Courts Decision Involving Violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Decision Involving Violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Lee v. Javitch, Block & Rathbone LLP, No. 08-4485 involved a plaintiff's suit against a law firm alleging violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices...

Federal Courts Denial of Motion to Suppress Reversed for Lack of Apparent Authority to Consent

Denial of Motion to Suppress Reversed for Lack of Apparent Authority to Consent

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In US v. Taylor, No. 09-3019, the court faced a challenge to the district court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence in his conviction for being...

Federal Courts Defendant Entitled to Governmental Immunity Under Narrow Definition of Proximate Cause

Defendant Entitled to Governmental Immunity Under Narrow Definition of Proximate Cause

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Smith v. County of Lenawee, No. 09-1703, concerned an action brought by a deceased plaintiff's estate against a county and various agents of the county...

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