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City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law
A county's petition for a writ of mandate challenging the trial court's grant of an attorney's petition for a writ of mandate seeking disclosure under...

In re: Scholz

Bankruptcy Law, Government Law
In Chapter 13 proceedings involving the issue of debtor's Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) annuity, the decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP)...

Aloe Vera of Am., Inc. v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
In taxpayers' suit claiming that the United States improperly disclosed tax information to the Japanese National Tax Administration (NTA) during the...

US v. Bormes

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Judges & Judiciary
In an attorney's putative class action against the United States seeking damages under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), as well as under the...

Stockton Citizens for Sensible Planning v. City of Stockton

Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit seeking to vacate a city's approval of a Wal-Mart Supercenter, trial court's judgment in favor of the defendants is affirmed...

Miller v. Wright

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law, Tax Law
In an antitrust action brought by cigarette vendors challenging taxes imposed by virtue of the authority vested in an Indian tribe, judgment of the...

Bird v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
District court's judgment upholding the decision of the Social Security Administration denying a veteran's application for disability benefits is...

Youngman v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
In a suit brought by a fiduciary on behalf of a deceased veteran seeking accrued benefits, the judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is...

Arctic Slope Native Ass'n, Ltd. v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Government Law, Health Law, Indian Law
In an inter-tribal consortium's suit against the Department of Health and Human Services for damages for the underpayment of tribal contractors'...

Cruz v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' suit against their former employer asserting, inter alia, federal claims under ERISA, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA),...