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Foucha v. Louisiana , 504 U.S. 71 (1992), was a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the court addressed the criteria for the continued commitment of an individual who had been found not guilty by reason of insanity .
Mississippi v. Louisiana, 506 U.S. 73 (1992), arose as a private dispute in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, regarding title to land along the west bank of the Mississippi River near Lake Providence, Louisiana. The state of Louisiana intervened, filing a third-party complaint against Mississippi to ...
L. Lechmere, Inc. v. NLRB; Lee v. Weisman; Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 502
A federal jury in Louisiana on Wednesday acquitted a white state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of a Black motorist despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling ...
Riggins v. Nevada , 504 U.S. 127 (1992), is a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the court decided whether a mentally ill person can be forced to take antipsychotic medication while they are on trial to allow the state to make sure they remain competent during the trial .
Case history; Prior: Compagnie Francaise de Navigation à Vapeur v. State Board of Health, 25 So. 591 (La. 1899) Holding; State quarantine law is reasonable exercise of police power in absence of federal preemption, and does not impermissibly affect interstate commerce nor violate Equal Protection, Due Process clauses or treaties with foreign governments.
For George Floyd protest records, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office has been slightly more transparent than the city’s police department.
Burch v. Louisiana, 441 U.S. 130 (1979), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court that invalidated a Louisiana statute allowing a conviction upon a nonunanimous verdict from a jury of six for a petty offense. [1] The statute allowed for conviction if only five jurors agreed, and this was held to be a violation of the Sixth ...