In 1983, Ulysses Tory (Tory) and Javier Gutierrez (Gutierrez) retained Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. (Cochran) as their attorney in a personal injury lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles. Cochran v. Tory, No. B159437, 2003 WL...
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Greece, New York (“the Town”) is a town of nearly 94,000 residents, located just outside the city of Rochester, in Monroe County. Galloway v. Town of Greece, 681 F.3d 20, 23 (2nd Cir. 2012). Town residents can attend and participate in monthly...
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Trademark law protects a trademark owner's exclusive right to use a trademark when use of the mark by another would be likely to cause consumer confusion as to the source or origin of goods. Trademark law is a federal issue, and as such, the...
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Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. (“Trinity Lutheran”) is a Lutheran church that includes within its operations a preschool and daycare center known as the Learning Center. See Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Pauley, 788 F.3d 779,...
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On the morning of January 6th, 2021, the day that the United States Congress was scheduled to certify Joseph Biden’s election as the forty-sixth President of the United States, Petitioner Donald Trump held a rally at the Ellipse in Washington D.C....
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On January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13769 (“EO-1”), which placed significant immigration restrictions on foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries. Hawaii v. Trump, 878 F.3d 662 (9th Cir. 2017). EO-1, whose...
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In 2003, Congress passed the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (the “Leadership Act”), codified at 22 U.S.C. § 7601, which authorized funding for nongovernmental organizations that fight HIV/AIDS and other...
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In 2006, Congress enacted the Stolen Valor Act, 18 U.S.C. § 704(b), to prohibit people from falsely representing that they have been awarded a medal from the United States Armed Services. See U.S. v. Alvarez, 617 F.3d 1198, 1200 (9th Cir. 2010)....
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Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has two state highways that run through the base, Highway 1 and Highway 246. See Brief for Respondent at 3. The military base is considered closed, meaning that entering the base is only possible through...
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Helaman Hansen started his own immigration advising service and began to charge individuals for his services in October of 2012. United States v. Hansen at 1105. During the course of the program, Hansen would provide advice to undocumented immigrants...