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In re Greene
Keywords attorney disbarment; misappropriating client funds; cocaine addiction; rehabilitation efforts; legal ethics; mitigating factors; professional misconduct(1997)
In re Kimberly F.
Keywords child custody; substance use; parental fitness; best interests of the child; multifactor balancing test; child welfare; drug abuse; parental rights; reunification(1997)
Montana v. Egelhoff
Keywords intoxication; criminal law; states' rights; jury; due process(1996)
US v. Carlson
Keywords drug addiction; intoxication; criminal conduct; federal sentencing guidelines; downward departure(1996)
Neal v. United States
Keywords sentencing guidelines; drug conspiracies; drug type; drug quantity; sentencing judges; juries; drug sentencing; sentencing(1996)
Herndon v. Whitworth
Keywords cruel and unusual punishment; deliberate indifference; negligence; medical malpractice; prison healthcare; delayed medical care; wrong medication(1995)
Farmer v. Brennan
Keywords Eighth Amendment; deliberate indifference; prison officials; inmate safety; substantial risk of serious harm; cruel and unusual punishment; prison conditions; liability(1994)
Messina v. Mazzeo
Keywords police; indifference; kosher; Judaism; Jewish; religion; religious; physician; methadone(1994)
Helling v. McKinney
Keywords Eighth Amendment; prison conditions; health risks; deliberate indifference; cruel and unusual punishment; inmate rights(1993)
State v. Provost
Keywords psychiatric testimony; mens rea; expert evidence; addiction; intoxication(1992)
McGuckin v. Smith
Keywords deliberate indifference; serious medical needs; prison officials; pro se prisoners; prison litigation(1992)
US v. Southern Management Corp.
Keywords landlords; FHA; Fair Housing Act; refusing to rent; recovering drug-rehab participants; stereotypes; violated(1992)
United States v. Forbes
Keywords Analogue Act; synthetic drugs; unconstitutionally vague; law enforcement; legal challenge; synthetic drug regulation(1992)
Riggins v. Nevada
Keywords forced medication; antipsychotics; competency to stand trial; due process; involuntary medication; defendant rights; mental health(1992)
Harris v. Thigpen
Keywords HIV segregation; Eighth Amendment; medical care; deliberate indifference; negligent medical care; prisoner rights(1991)