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Soto v. County of Riverside

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a fee dispute action wherein a Memorandum of Understanding between plaintiff's union and county-employer contained a "cost-sharing provision" which...

County of Nassau v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
Denial of a preliminary injunction for defendants' alleged violation of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act, arising from a...

Rodriguez v. Bank of the West

Banking Law, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In a case wherein a lawyer filed negligence claims against several banks after the lawyer's office manager opened bank accounts in the lawyer's name...

Nat'l Wildlife Fed. v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Remedies, Water Law
In an environment dispute involving salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a district court's decision rejecting a 2004...

Mora v. People of the State of New York

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Remedies
A state-party's failure to fulfill its obligation to inform a detained alien of the prospect of consular notification and access, pursuant to Article...

Davignon v. Hodgson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action involving allegations that a sheriff's act of suspending several correctional officers from their jobs was in retaliation for First...

NLRB v. Goya Foods of Florida

Administrative Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Petition for enforcement of a NLRB affirmative bargaining order on respondent-employer is granted where: 1) ample evidence supported the Board's...

Thomas v. George, Hartz, Lundeen, Fulmer, Johnstone, King, & Stevens, P.A.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Remedies, Transportation
In an action alleging defendants-attorney and law firm violated the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) by wrongfully obtaining and using personal...

Little Co. of Mary Hosp. v. Superior Court (Marin)

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an elder abuse-related punitive damages case involving interpretations of Civil Code sections 425.13 and 425.14, the court of appeals rules that:...

Nuxoll v. Indian Praire Sch. Dist. #204

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Remedies
In a case brought by a high school student alleging defendants-school district and officials violated his right to free speech by forbidding him to...