34 Cited authorities

Farmer v. Brennan
511 U.S. 825 (1994) Cited 55,561 times 18 Legal Analyses
Holding that the deliberate indifference standard utilized for a conditions of confinement claim "is inappropriate . . . when officials stand accused of using excessive physical force."
Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc.
555 U.S. 7 (2008) Cited 16,785 times 56 Legal Analyses
Holding that a plaintiff must establish "that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm"
Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.
473 U.S. 432 (1985) Cited 9,707 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that mental disability is not a quasi-suspect class
Rizzo v. Goode
423 U.S. 362 (1976) Cited 13,297 times
Holding that plaintiffs lacked standing to obtain injunctive relief against senior police officials to impose tighter police discipline to prevent harm to civilians
Los Angeles v. Lyons
461 U.S. 95 (1983) Cited 7,506 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding there is no justiciable controversy where plaintiff had once been subjected to a chokehold
Cutter v. Wilkinson
544 U.S. 709 (2005) Cited 2,127 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that section 3 of the RULPA, which increased level of protection of prisoners' and other incarcerated persons' religious rights, did not violate the Establishment Clause
Lee v. City of L.A.
250 F.3d 668 (9th Cir. 2001) Cited 10,583 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that the district court erred in granting a motion to dismiss "by relying on extrinsic evidence and by taking judicial notice of disputed matters of fact to support its ruling"
Plyler v. Doe
457 U.S. 202 (1982) Cited 3,014 times 15 Legal Analyses
Holding that States cannot deny to illegal aliens the free public education they provide to citizens and legally documented aliens
Amoco Production Co. v. Gambell
480 U.S. 531 (1987) Cited 2,085 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that a District Court did not err in declining to issue an injunction to bar exploratory drilling on Alaskan public lands, because the district court's decision "did not undermine" the policy of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. § 3120, and because the Secretary of the Interior had other means of meaningfully complying with the statute
Pell v. Procunier
417 U.S. 817 (1974) Cited 3,133 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that in the First Amendment context “a prison inmate retains those First Amendment rights that are not inconsistent with his status as a prisoner or with the legitimate penological objectives of the corrections system.”
Rule 65 - Injunctions and Restraining Orders
Fed. R. Civ. P. 65 Cited 22,421 times 87 Legal Analyses
Recognizing court's ability to enter emergency order with less than full adversary hearing and even, in appropriate circumstances, without notice
Section 3626 - Appropriate remedies with respect to prison conditions
18 U.S.C. § 3626 Cited 4,483 times 8 Legal Analyses
Recognizing preliminary injunctive relief must be narrowly drawn, extend no further than necessary to correct the harm, and be the least intrusive means necessary to correct that harm

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34 Cited authorities

Holding that the deliberate indifference standard utilized for a conditions of confinement claim "is inappropriate . . . when officials stand accused of using excessive physical force."

Holding that a plaintiff must establish "that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm"

Holding that mental disability is not a quasi-suspect class

Holding that plaintiffs lacked standing to obtain injunctive relief against senior police officials to impose tighter police discipline to prevent harm to civilians

Holding there is no justiciable controversy where plaintiff had once been subjected to a chokehold

Holding that section 3 of the RULPA, which increased level of protection of prisoners' and other incarcerated persons' religious rights, did not violate the Establishment Clause

Holding that the district court erred in granting a motion to dismiss "by relying on extrinsic evidence and by taking judicial notice of disputed matters of fact to support its ruling"

Holding that States cannot deny to illegal aliens the free public education they provide to citizens and legally documented aliens

Holding that in the First Amendment context “a prison inmate retains those First Amendment rights that are not inconsistent with his status as a prisoner or with the legitimate penological objectives of the corrections system.”

Recognizing court's ability to enter emergency order with less than full adversary hearing and even, in appropriate circumstances, without notice

Recognizing preliminary injunctive relief must be narrowly drawn, extend no further than necessary to correct the harm, and be the least intrusive means necessary to correct that harm