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Mount Hope Church v. Bash Back!

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a religious organization's suit against a subdivision of a national anarchist group under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and...

City of Santa Maria v. Adam

Agriculture, Government Law, Water Law
In a water rights dispute over the groundwater contained in the Santa Maria Valley Groundwater Basin, the judgment of the trial court is: 1) affirmed...

Martin v. Lloyd

Constitutional Law, Gaming Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit to enjoin enforcement of two South Carolina statutes prohibiting certain "devices pertaining to games of chance," district court's...

Maryland Transit Admin. v. Surface Transp. Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Transportation
A railroad right-of-way owner's petition for review of the Surface Transportation Board's (STB) denial of its application to abandon freight...

Pitts v. Shinseki

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
In a veteran's claim for disability benefits alleging various service-connected disorders, the judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims...

Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank

Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law
In a suit brought by several dozen United States, Canadian, and Israeli citizens against the Labanese Canadian Bank (LCB), claiming that LCB, with the...

Truczinskas v. Office of Workers' Comp. Programs

Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
A widow's petition for review of an order of the Benefits Review Board denying her claim for death benefits under the Defense Base Act, arising from...

Singh v. Davi

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Trial court's grant of plaintiff's petition for a writ of administrative mandamus seeking to set aside the Department of Real Estate Commissioner's...

City of Alhambra v. County of Los Angeles

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In a petition for a writ of administrative mandate, brought by several cities, challenging a county's method of calculating the property tax...

E. Midtown Plaza Housing Co., Inc. v. Cuomo

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a limited-profit housing company's suit seeking to compel the Attorney General to accept a second amendment seeking to declare its privatization...