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Purdom v. Morgan et al

MOTION for Summary Judgment

34 Cited authorities

  1. Board of Regents v. Roth

    408 U.S. 564 (1972)   Cited 14,879 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that where a public employee's appointment terminated on a particular date and there was no provision for renewal after that date, the employee "did not have a property interest sufficient to require . . . a hearing when [the officials] declined to renew his contract of employment."

  2. Coolidge v. New Hampshire

    403 U.S. 443 (1971)   Cited 7,867 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that police who obtained evidence voluntarily from a suspect's wife did not need a search warrant because the officers exerted no effort to coerce or dominate her and were not obligated to refuse her offer to take the evidence

  3. Fuentes v. Shevin

    407 U.S. 67 (1972)   Cited 3,436 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that disputed possessory interest in personal property is a protected property interest

  4. Bearden v. Georgia

    461 U.S. 660 (1983)   Cited 1,412 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that revocation of probation for failure to pay fines, without first considering ability to pay or alternatives to imprisonment, "would be contrary to the fundamental fairness required by the Fourteenth Amendment"

  5. Griffin v. Illinois

    351 U.S. 12 (1956)   Cited 3,164 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that preventing an indigent defendant from appealing his conviction due to his failure to pay for a trial transcript is unconstitutional

  6. Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp.

    395 U.S. 337 (1969)   Cited 1,456 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that due process requires notice and a hearing before wages may be garnished

  7. Taylor v. Kentucky

    436 U.S. 478 (1978)   Cited 792 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that trial court's failure to give requested instruction on presumption of innocence resulted in violation of defendant's right to a fair trial

  8. United States v. Jackson

    390 U.S. 570 (1968)   Cited 1,109 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that defendant could still be prosecuted under 1932 Kidnapping Act, despite the fact that a 1934 amendment adding the death penalty as an available punishment in certain instances rendered the Act unconstitutional for a period of time in which the defendant's violations occurred

  9. Connecticut v. Doehr

    501 U.S. 1 (1991)   Cited 472 times
    Holding that "complete, physical, or permanent deprivation of real property" is not necessary to trigger due process protections

  10. North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem, Inc.

    419 U.S. 601 (1975)   Cited 622 times
    Holding that Georgia garnishment statute was unconstitutional because it did not provide for notice, hearing or participation of a judicial officer

  11. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 335,322 times   160 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 162,084 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  13. Section 9 - Powers Denied to Congress

    U.S. Const. art. I, § 9   Cited 2,815 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting Congress

  14. Section 5-4-401 - Sentence

    Ark. Code § 5-4-401   Cited 356 times
    Providing that the punishment for Class A felonies is a determinate sentence of 6 to 30 years

  15. Section 5-1-108 - Violations

    Ark. Code § 5-1-108   Cited 23 times

    (a) An offense is a violation if the offense is designated a violation by: (1) The Arkansas Criminal Code; or (2) A statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code. (b) Regardless of any designation appearing in the statute defining an offense, an offense is a violation for purposes of the Arkansas Criminal Code if the statute defining the offense provides that no sentence other than a fine, fine or forfeiture, or civil penalty is authorized upon conviction. Ark. Code § 5-1-108 Acts 1975, No. 280

  16. Section 5-1-103 - Applicability to offenses generally

    Ark. Code § 5-1-103   Cited 19 times

    (a) The provisions of the Arkansas Criminal Code govern a prosecution for any offense defined by the Arkansas Criminal Code and committed after January 1, 1976. (b) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of the Arkansas Criminal Code govern a prosecution for any offense defined by a statute not part of the Arkansas Criminal Code and committed after January 1, 1976. (c) (1) The provisions of the Arkansas Criminal Code do not apply to the prosecution for any offense committed prior to

  17. Section 18-16-101 - Failure to pay rent - Refusal to vacate upon notice - Penalty

    Ark. Code § 18-16-101   Cited 13 times

    (a) Any person who shall rent any dwelling house or other building or any land situated in the State of Arkansas and who shall refuse or fail to pay the rent therefor when due according to contract shall at once forfeit all right to longer occupy the dwelling house or other building or land. (b) (1) If, after ten (10) days' notice in writing shall have been given by the landlord or the landlord's agent or attorney to the tenant to vacate the dwelling house or other building or land, the tenant shall