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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...

Stephens v. U.S. Railroad Retirement Bd.

Government Contracts, Administrative Law, Gaming Law
The United States Railroad Retirement Board's denial of a petitioner's application for benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act, (Act) on the ground...

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'...

Readylink Healthcare, Inc. v. Jones

Administrative Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
Trial court's denial of a private healthcare staffing agency's petition for a peremptory writ of administrative mandamus, challenging the State...

W. Washington Properties, LLC. v. California Dep't of Transp.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit challenging the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) finding that plaintiff's advertising display was in violation...

Kroger Co. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Following an award of vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance to an injured employee by the Rehabilitation Unit of the Division of Workers'...

Coleman v, Daines

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiff's section 1983 suit alleging that the Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration and the Commissioner of the New...

NML Capital, Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, International Law, Remedies
In a suit to enforce the Republic of Argentina's promise to pay bondholders after its 2001 default on its sovereign debt, judgment in favor of...