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People v. Mendez
Keywords juvenile offender; de facto life sentence; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; resentencing; Graham v. Florida(2010)
Verducci v. Coda
Keywords financial arbitration; tax planning; estate planning(2010)
RHJ Medical Center, Inc. v. City of DuBois
Keywords ADA; Rehabilitation Act; Methadone clinic; Zoning regulations; Protected disabilities(2010)
Wyeth v. Levine
Keywords FDA approval; drug labels; preemption; pharmaceutical liability; product liability(2009)
In re William M.
Keywords youth tried as adults; juvenile court; Nevada Supreme Court; clear and convincing evidence; substance use; presumptive certification ; Right against self-incrimination(2008)
Hammermueller v. North American Company for Life and Health Insurance
Keywords benefits; insurance; denial; proper denial; fraud; financial loss; elder financial abuse(2008)
In the matter of L.M.
Keywords juvenile justice; aggravated sexual battery; juvenile offender; Kansas Supreme Court; right to a jury trial; sex offender registration(2008)
Erickson v. Pardus
Keywords Eighth Amendment; prisoner rights; medical care; prison medical care; hepatitis C; inmate healthcare; cruel and unusual punishment; life-saving treatment(2007)
Malone v. State
Keywords capital punishment; legal insanity; insanity defense; methamphetamine; psychosis(2007)
Kimbrough v. US
Keywords sentencing; crack cocaine; powder cocaine; disparities; advisory Guidelines(2007)
Abdul-Kabir v. Quarterman
Keywords death penalty; sentencing; mitigating factors of youth; Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act(2007)
State v. Monteiro
Keywords youth tried as adults; individuals convicted of multiple sentences; Mario’s Law; juvenile justice; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); proportionality principle; consecutive life sentence; gang-related murder(2007)
New Directions Treatment Services v. City of Reading
Keywords drug addiction; disability; methadone clinics; zoning; discriminatory(2007)
Grisham v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Keywords statute of limitations; nicotine addiction; tobacco companies; negligence(2007)
Phillips v. Jasper County Jail
Keywords deliberate indifference; jail staff; medical negligence; malpractice(2006)