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2013
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Millbrook v. United States, Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court (Washington, DC); Cornell Law School. Legal Information Institute (Ithaca, NY).
Millbrook was being held in the custody of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) when she was sexually assaulted. She contends that sovereign immunity does not apply to the officers in this instance since the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) waives their immunity. The Supreme Court agreed that the FTCA allows for suits to be brought against federal law enforcement officers for committing intentional torts during the performance of their jobs. This judgement will positively impact the ability of... Read More
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10 pages
2012
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Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington et al. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: Syllabus
U.S. Supreme Court (Washington, DC).
The “search procedures at the county jails struck a reasonable balance between inmate privacy and the needs of the institutions, and thus the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments do not require adoption of the framework and rules petitioners proposes” (p. 2). The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is affirmed.... Read More
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41 pages
2012
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Miller v. Alabama. Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court (Washington, DC).
“By requiring that all children convicted of homicide receive lifetime incarceration without possibility of parole, regardless of their age and age-related characteristics and the nature of their crimes, the mandatory sentencing schemes before us violate this principle of proportionality, and so the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. We accordingly reverse the judgments of the Arkansas Supreme Court and Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and remand the cases for further proce... Read More
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62 pages


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