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Top Cases

• 1. Terry v. Ohio, No. 67, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, June 10, 1968, Decided
  Overview: Petitioner sought review of his conviction for carrying a concealed weapon, contending that the weapon seized from him was obtained through an illegal search, under U.S. Const. amend. IV,...
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• 2. Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist., No. 21, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, February 24, 1969, Decided
  Overview: Respondent school officials suspended petitioner students from public high school because they wore black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War. Petitioners sued respondents under...
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• 3. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, No. 05-1126, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, May 21, 2007, Decided
  Overview: The subscribers asserted that the carriers were former local monopolies which engaged in parallel billing and contracting misconduct designed to discourage new competitors from entering their...
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• 4. Morse v. Frederick, No. 06-278, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, June 25, 2007, Decided
  Overview: The student was suspended from school after he refused the principal's direction to take down a banner that he unfurled at a school-sponsored and school-supervised event. The principal directed...
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• 5. Gonzales v. Raich, No. 03-1454, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, June 6, 2005, Decided
  Overview: Respondents were California residents who suffered from a variety of serious medical conditions and had sought to avail themselves of medical marijuana pursuant to the terms of the Compassionate...
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Practice Area Resources

• Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide: Protections From Discrimination Against Bankruptcy Debtors -- Discrimination by Private Employers
  To conduct a search in Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide, click here .   Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide   Copyright 2007, Matthew Bender & Company,...
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• LexisNexis Tax Advisor - Federal Topical: COD Gross Income Exclusion Guidance
  IRS Rev. Proc. 2009-37 guidance clarifies cancellation of indebtedness (COD) relief under new IRC Sec. 108(i), created pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The...
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  Did you know . . . . . . for CD customers, a new feature in LexisNexis Automated Forms checks for form updates each time you launch your library and notifies you when updates are available? ...
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