Resource Library
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)
Wisconsin Community Services v. City of Milwaukee
Keywords municipal special-use permits; discrimination; mental health treatment centers; addiction treatment centers; reasonable accommodation; ADA(2006)
Davis v. Carter
Keywords methadone; inmate; deliberate indifference; denial of care; serious medical need(2006)
Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal
Keywords Religious Freedom Restoration Act; RFRA; religious use; controlled substance; federal prosecution; religious exemption(2006)
United States v. Georgia
Keywords ADA; Title II; state prisons; substance use disorder; disability rights(2006)
Gonzales v. Oregon
Keywords Controlled Substances Act; physician-assisted suicide; prescription drugs; state-authorized; doctors prescribing drugs(2006)