A teeth-whitening opinion that’s nothing to smile about, a pair of Fourth Amendment cases, and a corrupt former governor of Illinois.
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Air fresheners: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/14/14-40126.0.pdf
Bike cops: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D07-20/C:14-2982:J:Williams:aut:T:fnOp:N:1590344:S:0
Teeth whitening: http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/22fcc8f1-3c2a-4edc-80e1-ce028c9dd1cf/2/doc/14-1381_complete_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/22fcc8f1-3c2a-4edc-80e1-ce028c9dd1cf/2/hilite/
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