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U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals
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COMFORT v. LYNN SCH. COMM. (10/21/04 - No. 03-2415 )
Defendant-school's policy, which restricts the right to transfer to a
non-neighborhood school based on race, violates the Equal Protection
Clause where it is not narrowly tailored to meet defendant's asserted
interest.

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http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/1st/032415.html

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U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
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TEXAS ASS'N OF BUSINESS v. EARLE (10/18/04 - No. 03-50254)
Plaintiff's suit, seeking a declaration that its conduct during the
2002 campaign season was expression protected by the First Amendment, is
dismissed in accordance with the abstention doctrine established in
Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971).

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http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/circs/5th/0350254p.pdf

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U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
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CUNO v. DAIMLER CHRYSLER, INC. (10/19/04 - No. 01-3960)
The investment tax credit provision of Ohio Rev. Code Ann. section
5733.33 runs afoul of the Commerce Clause and is unconstitutional.

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http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/6th/013960p.pdf

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U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
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US v. HILL (10/20/04 - No. 04-1235)
Defendant's drug and firearm convictions are affirmed over his
challenge that his conviction for being a felon in possession of a
firearm cannot stand where Congress exceeded its authority in enacting
the statute of conviction.

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http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/8th/041235p.pdf

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U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
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KUBA v. 1-A AGRIC. ASS'N (10/19/04 - No. 02-16989)
Defendant's First Amendment Expression Policy, prohibiting individuals
from demonstrating outside its arena except in designated "free
expression zones" away from the entrances of the building, is
unconstitutional on its face.

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http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0216989p.pdf

BALTAZAR-ALCAZAR v. INS (10/21/04 - No. 02-73363)
Plaintiffs' petition for review is granted where they were denied the
right to counsel when the immigration judge banned an entire law firm
from representing them at their deportation hearing.

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http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0273363p.pdf

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California Appellate Districts
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BURNS INT'L SEC. SERV. v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES (10/19/04 - No.
B168209)
Defendant-County's ordinance, which precludes it from contracting with
companies that do not pay their employees for at least five days of jury
duty, is not preempted by state law.

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http://login.findlaw.com/scripts/callaw?dest=ca/caapp4th/slip/2004/b168209.html

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http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/b168209.pdf