Fourth Amendment Law
 
State of Hawaii v. Albert "Ian" Schweitzer

Defendant-appellant Albert Ian Schweitzer appeals from the April 24, 2000 judgment of conviction and sentence of the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit, the Honorable Riki May Amano presiding, adjudging him guilty of and sentencing him for: murder in the second degree, in violation of Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-701.5 (1993); kidnapping, in violation of HRS § 707-720 (1993); and sexual

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National Hosemen's Benevolent and Protective Association v. The State of Texas, et al.

Lubbock, Texas civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants seeking injunctive relief.

In hopes of standardizing horseracing regulation, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 (HISA) empowered a private entity to draft nationwide regulations subject to the Federal Trade Commission's review and approval. In response, the plaintiffs claimed that HISA was unc

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United States of America v. Ethan Norden, a/k/a Rufio Panman, Joseph R. Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Charles Donohoe, and Enrique Tarrio, a/k/a Nenry Tarrio

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with seditious conspiracy to their actions on January 6, 2021.

Ethan Norden, a/k/a Rufio Panman, Joseph R. Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Charles Donohoe, and Enrique Tarrio, a/k/a Nenry Tarrio, also know as the proud boys where charged with:

18 U.S.C. 1512(c)(2) and 2; TAMPERING WITH A WITNESS, VICTIM OR INFORMANT; Ob

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Kathryn Townsend Griffin, et al. v. Edward Christopher Sheeran a/k/a "Ed Sheeran," et al.

New York, New York civil litigation lawyers represented plaintiffs who sued Defendants on copyright infringement theories under 17 U.S.C. 101.

Plaintiff Structured Asset Sales, LLC, as a beneficial owner of the copyright to the 1973 hit song "Let's Get It On," brings this action against Defendants Edward Christopher Sheeran, Atlantic Recording Corporation, BDi Music Ltd., Bucks Music Grou

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United States of America v. Dhirendra Prasad

San Jose, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud Apple, Inc., of millions of dollars and for related tax crimes.

Dhirendra Prasad, age 55, from Mountain House in San Joaquin County, was charged by Information with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349 (Count One); two counts of co

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United States of America v. Lougary Eddington, a/k/a Lougary Marquin Edditington

Defendant Lougary Eddington appeals the 84-month sentence he received after
pleading guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of ammunition in violation of
18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—a sentence at the bottom of the 84–105-month Guidelines range,
as calculated by the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Eddington
contends that the district court e

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United States of America v. Mario Castro, Miguel Castro and Jose Luis Mendez

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with perpetrating a prize-notification scheme that stole more than $6 million from victims. The notices led victims to believe that they could claim a large cash prize if they paid a fee of $20 to $30. This was false; victims who paid the fees did not receive anything of value. Many of the schemes’ victims were retirees or

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Randy Smith v. The City of Stillwater, et al.

Stillwater, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on Governmental Tort Claims Act negligence theories.


¶ 1 Decedent was allegedly engaged in drag racing while operating a motorcycle on the night of August 8, 2008. A police officer for the City of Stillwater attempted to stop Decedent. When Decedent failed to stop, several Payne County and City of

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Phylis Oberkramer, et al. v. The City of Ellisville, et al.

St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on negligence theories.

Plaintiffs, the widow and minor children of a Des Peres police officer, brought this action for wrongful death against seven named defendants including three municipalities, the Cities of Ellisville, Ballwin and Manchester. Plaintiffs filed separate causes of action agains

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Francisco Valle v. Paul Morgado, et al.

San Francisco, California civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the Defendants claiming that they violated his constitutional rights.


On May 19, 2007, when Plaintiff Francisco Valle was 51 years old, he alleges he was walking in San Francisco with his friend David Fuentes when the Officer Defendants suddenly “drove up” and Officer Cravalho “jumped out of the passe

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US Dominion, Inc., et al. v. Fox News Network, L.L.C.

Wilmington, Delaware commercial litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff that sued Defendant on a defamation theory.

This was a civil action involving a defamation claim. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant, Fox News Network, published false and defamatory statements of fact about Dominion.

Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox New claiming to have suffered $1.6 billion in damages as a

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Crosley Alexander Green v. State of Florida

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense appellate lawyers represented convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, and armed robbery.

Crosley Green appeals an order of the circuit court granting in part and
denying in part his motion to vacate his first-degree murder conviction and
sentence of death. He also petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus.1 The<

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United States of America v. Anthony Joseph Hammer

Sherman, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with interstate communication of a threat.

On July 28, 2021, Anthony Joseph Hammer, age 34, sent a threatening electronic message to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish civil rights organization based in New York, via the ADL’s website’s contact page. In his message, Hammer stated the following: “Come and f

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Marissa Reams v. Texas County, Missouri, et al.

Springfield, Missouri civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on prisoner civil rights theories.

"Prisoner civil rights law is a body of law that protects the rights of people who are incarcerated. This law is based on the U.S. Constitution and federal and state laws.

The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. This

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Kim Shook, Kylie Scolaro-Conti and John Szwyd v. NCG Acquisition, LLC, et al.

Asheville, North Carolina civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued defendants on wrongful discharge theories.


On March 24, 2022, the Plaintiffs filed this action against the Defendants, asserting claims for wrongful discharge in violation of North Carolina public policy and for intentional infliction of emotional distress. [Doc. 1]. On May 10, 2022, the Defendants moved t

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Gabriel Garcia v. Great Arrow Builders, LLC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Family Medical Leave Act violation theory.

29 U.S.C. 2601 provides:

(a) Findings

Congress finds that—

(1) the number of single-parent households and two-parent households in which the single parent or both parents work is increasing significantly;

(2) it is impo

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Chasrick Heredia v. Michael Roscoe, et al.

Concord, New Hampshire civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a constitution rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

This case arose out of an incident that occurred in the early morning hours of May 11, 2018. Manchester Police Officers Michael Roscoe, Canada Stewart, Matthew Nocella, and Nathan Harrington responded to a noise complaint at a local bar. The o

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Muhamed M. Rahman and Farbana A. Poll v. The City of Schenectady, New York, et al.

Albany, New York civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants for violating their constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

This case was filed in Schenectady County Supreme Court, 21-00663, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.

"Excessive use of force by law enforcement officers is a violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constit

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Billy E. "Rusty" Rhoades, III, et al. v. The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Governor Kevin Stitt, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants violated their civil rights.

This case arises from the separation of Plaintiff Harrell as Colonel of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in September 2019. Defendant Jason Nelson, via authority granted him by the Governor, notified Plaintiff by telephone of three options-he could either resign, retire, or be te

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Candice Howard v. Jason Baca, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and the Oklahoma Governmental Tort Claims Act.


On August 13, 2020, Ms. Howard was in her vehicle at Purcell Lake talking on the phone with friends. A police car pulled up and parked behind Ms. Howard, and a uniformed officer-Defendant Baca-exited his car and approached her. They

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Julie Huff v. Christopher Reeves

Muskogee, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant claiming that violated her Fourth Amendment rights by shooting her multiple times.


According to Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint, Cederic Norris entered the Bank of Eufaula and immediately shot and killed the bank president on January 21, 2016.. Brandishing his gun, Norris grabbed cash from one of the

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United States of America v. Joshua Leavitt

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently obtain over $6 million in CARES Act funds from the United States government.

Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to help businesses and individuals adversely affected by the COVID pandemic. The CARES Act created the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), w

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United States of America v. Valeriy V. Gorbounov

Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating the Lacey ACt by smuggling protected marine corals frm the Philippines.

Veleriy V. Gorbounov, 45, of Morrison, Colorado was illegally importing and selling endangered corals.

In April, 2022, prosecutors charged Jerome Anthony Stringfield, 43, of Kissimmee, Florida; Albert B. Correira, 35, of We

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Brooke Henderson v. School District of Springfield R-12, et al.

Springfield, Missouri civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants


Plaintiffs' Complaint asserted claims for relief against the Springfield Public School District (“SPS”) under the First Amendment based on the doctrines of compelled speech and content and viewpoint discrimination. The Complaint further asserts a claim of unconstitutional condition of employment

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Brian and Janelle Shellem v. Angela Gruneweld, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma education law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who challenged school quarantine policy.


¶1 During the summer of 2021, Appellants, Edmond Public School Board Members and Edmond Public School District Superintendent, Angela Grunewald, (collectively "District") anticipated a complete return to in-person instruction for the 2021-2022 school year. Prior to the start

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