146 Florida cases classified under this topic, plus 738 listed through its narrower topics · sorted by citation count · see the citation graph · browse and sort
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Ohio Revised Code § 3505.03 is unconstitutional because it violates the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of Independent candidates to be designated as such on general election ballots, thereby burdening voters' rights to associate and cast meaningful votes.
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The statute is facially unconstitutional because it is not narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest, is unconstitutionally vague, and imposes strict liability, thereby violating the First Amendment.
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The court held that the Cincinnati Board of Education's race-conscious but race-neutral teacher transfer policy, designed to achieve a racially integrated faculty, does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment or the collective bargaining agreement.
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The court held that Arthur Jacobs had standing to challenge the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 but that his equal protection claim failed on the merits because Congress's distinction between Japanese and German American internment was supported by historical evidence and survived st
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The court held that a race-based affirmative action program must be justified by specific findings of past discrimination and demonstrate present effects of that discrimination, which the lower court failed to adequately establish.
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955 F.2d 229·
4th Cir.·
1992-01-29
The court held that the First Amendment does not require a heightened standard of scrutiny for grand jury subpoenas of corporate business records in this case, and affirmed the denial of the motion to quash.
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The court held that the Endangered Species Act applies to native Hawaiians and that their equal protection claims regarding subsistence exceptions are without merit. The court also held that the defendant lacked a reasonable expectation of privacy for a Fourth Amendment claim.
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The Eleventh Circuit held that the Georgia Parental Notification Act's notification requirements and judicial bypass procedure do not unduly burden a minor's right to an abortion and survive constitutional scrutiny.
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914 F.2d 740·
5th Cir.·
1990-10-18
The court held that the prison's policy of excluding male inmates from vocational training classes offered to female inmates did not violate the Equal Protection Clause, as it was substantially related to the important governmental objective of maintaining prison security.
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The court held that federal district courts lack jurisdiction to review state court decisions, and that the challenged bar admission rule is constitutional.
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The court held that the Agency for International Development's (AID) Standard Clause, which restricts federal assistance to foreign nongovernmental organizations that perform or promote abortion, does not violate plaintiffs' constitutional rights to speech, association, or privac
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The Minnesota fetal disposition law is constitutional, not unconstitutionally vague, and does not infringe on a woman's right to an abortion.
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The court held that Iowa's voter registration procedures, which do not allow minor parties polling less than two percent of the vote to be listed on registration forms, do not unnecessarily burden the opportunity for citizens and their parties to promote minority interests.
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The court held that Colorado's one-year durational registration requirement for unaffiliated candidates does not impose an impermissible burden on First Amendment freedoms or Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection clauses.
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Miami Tele-Communications, Inc. challenged a $2,500-per-day penalty imposed by the City of Miami without prior notice or opportunity to be heard, asserting violations of due process, equal protection, and Florida contract law. The court held that the licensing ordinance required
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908 F.2d 1395·
8th Cir.·
1990-07-17
A prison regulation prohibiting inmates from artificially inseminating their wives is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests, specifically the equal treatment of all inmates and the allocation of limited resources.
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Res judicata does not bar plaintiffs from challenging the county's race-conscious affirmative action plan due to significant changes in constitutional law, and a supplemental hearing is required to assess the plan's validity under current standards.
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Oklahoma's constitutional and statutory provisions prohibiting state employees from working in the alcoholic beverage business do not violate the First or Fourteenth Amendments, as they are rationally related to legitimate state interests and do not infringe upon fundamental righ
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The court held that restarting a prisoner's mandatory minimum time toward parole eligibility after an escape does not violate the Double Jeopardy Clause or the Equal Protection Clause.
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The dissenting judges believe the statutory provision requiring an earlier filing deadline for presidential electors of new political parties violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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The court held that the Connecticut Hunter Harassment Act is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad on its face and affirmed the district court's judgment.
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The court granted certiorari and quashed the county commission's rezoning decision because the applicant failed to meet the strict scrutiny standard by providing competent and substantial evidence that the rezoning conformed to the comprehensive land use plan, particularly withou
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The court held that homosexuals are not a suspect class for equal protection purposes and that the plaintiff failed to state a claim for due process violations. Claims against certain defendants were dismissed for failure to state a cause of action.
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A public employer may voluntarily adopt an affirmative action plan if it is narrowly tailored to remedy past discrimination, does not unnecessarily trammel the interests of non-minorities, and is temporary.
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A statute that discriminates between political subdivisions of a state does not violate the Equal Protection Clause, even if it restricts fundamental rights, as long as it treats similarly situated persons equally and does not mask invidious discrimination.
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790 F.2d 328·
3d Cir.·
1986-05-05
The dissenting judge would affirm the district court's decision, finding a rational basis for the city's requirement that candidates be current in their property taxes.
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The 1977 amendments to the Social Security Act, which created different benefit formulas based on age, do not violate equal protection.
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The court should reverse and enter judgment for the Board of Education, as the prior ruling established no constitutional obligation to alter racial composition.
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The court held that res judicata was an improper basis for summary judgment because the facts and mail regulations may have changed since the prior case, and genuine issues of material fact and law exist regarding the inmate's First Amendment rights.
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The court held that Illinois' interspousal tort immunity statute, as applied to intentional torts causing physical injury, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Bruce Scott, an insurance agent transferred to Florida from Rhode Island, challenged Florida's one-year durational residency requirement for general lines agent licensing as violating the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The court held the statute uncons
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The court held that New York Insurance Law § 167(4), which exempts marine insurance carriers from direct-action provisions, does not violate the Equal Protection Clause.
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The court affirmed the lower court's decision, finding New York's parental consent requirements for minors to marry to be constitutional.
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The court held that the prior panel decision in Doe v. Plyler, finding the exclusion of illegal alien children from free public education unconstitutional, controls this case.
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1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10512·
S.D. Fla.·
1981-01-30
Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.691(a), which prohibits bail for convicted felons with prior felony convictions pending appeal, does not violate the Due Process or Eighth Amendments.
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The court held that while the candidacy restriction claim was not barred by res judicata, it was without merit and thus affirmed the dismissal. The separation of powers claim was properly dismissed for lack of a federal question.
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The court held that the seizure of unspecified films, which required unboxing and projection to determine content, constituted an unreasonable search, while the seizure of magazines in plain view was permissible.
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A City of Fort Lauderdale employee was denied participation in the revised pension plan because he was hired before the plan's effective date, despite being within the age range that the revised plan otherwise permitted. The court held this denial violated equal protection becaus
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The court held that a university's medical insurance plan can constitutionally exclude coverage for elective abortions while providing benefits for pregnancy resulting in childbirth.
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Sunbeam Television Corporation and the Miami Herald Publishing Company challenged the constitutionality of Florida's 1974 amendment to Chapter 934 (the Security of Communications Act), which prohibited electronic recording of conversations without all parties' consent. The court
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The court held that the Social Security Act provision denying benefits to illegitimate children based on a lapse in support payments violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
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The court held that Regulation Q, limiting interest on certificates of deposit under $100,000, is constitutional and plaintiffs failed to state a valid cause of action under various federal statutes.