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United States v. Bormes November 13, 2012 Plaintiff James Bormes paid a filing fee using the federal government’s online pay.gov system and received a receipt that included…
North Las Vegas Police Department v. Sheila Conatser March 19, 2012 Public Citizen represented the parents of Phillip Conatser, who was shot and killed in an encounter with local police. The…
Alston v. Read March 01, 2012 Plaintiff Cornelius Alston was imprisoned for nearly five months beyond the date on which he should have been released from…
Standard Investment Chartered v. National Ass’n of Securities Dealers January 17, 2012 This case presented the question whether private corporations that participate in regulating Wall Street (such as the New York Stock…
Shames v. Hertz July 06, 2010 In this case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that California’s Travel and Tourism Commission, a…
Smith v. Al-Amin October 06, 2008 This case, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, arose from multiple instances in which prison officials opened legal mail addressed…
Crosby v. Mathews November 01, 2007 After the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prison warden was not entitled to qualified immunity for abuse…
Rosario v. ACCS November 01, 2007 Public Citizen served as co-counsel in this Florida-wide class action. The case challenged arrangements under which local prosecutors rented their…
Port Authority v. Stangl November 27, 2006 In this case, we assisted plaintiff’s counsel in opposing a petition for certiorari that posed the question whether the Third…