Dead man’s conviction vacated—can the gov’t keep the fine he paid? Sovereign immunity in a just compensation case. An unconstitutional traffic stop. Uber and unfair competition.

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Dead man’s fine: http://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/15-3979_opn.pdf
Sovereign immunity: http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/17a0115p-06.pdf
Traffic stop: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/06/01/15-10385.pdf
Uber: http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/163301np.pdf

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