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Loan Modification Group, Inc. v. Reed

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for breach of partnership duties and responsibilities, arising from the parties' joint venture in a loan modification business, district...

Native Ecosystems Council v. Weldon

Environmental Law, Government Law
In a suit against the United States Forest Service, challenging its small fuels-reduction project in the National Forest in Montana, the judgment of...

Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Remedies
In an action against multiple oil, energy, and utility companies, alleging that massive greenhouse gas emissions emitted by the defendants have...

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

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
A county's petition for a writ of mandate, challenging the trial court's adverse ruling in a negligence suit filed by plaintiffs for sustaining...

Keller Found. v. Tracy

Admiralty, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Benefits Review Board's (Board) determination that the injuries petitioner incurred in part during his employment were not covered under the...

Earth Island Inst. v. U.S. Forest Serv.

Environmental Law, Government Law
In an environmental groups' suit against the U.S. Forest Service over a restoration project in the Lake Tahoe area, the district court's decision in...

R.E. v. New York City Dept. of Educ.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a consolidated appeal of three lawsuits brought by parents of autistic children, claiming due process violations against the New York City...

Simon v. Keyspan Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an antitrust action against a producer of electricity, alleging that it colluded with one of its rivals to increase installed capacity prices and...

Council of San Benito County Governments v. Hollister Inn, Inc.

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In an eminent domain action to acquire property for a highway bypass project, the judgment of the trial court is vacated where the court erred in: 1)...

Brennan Ctr. for Justice at New York Univ. Sch. of Law v. U.S. Dept. of Justice

Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In plaintiff's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ), the United States Department of Health and Human Services...