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Gall v. Scroggy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
In defendant's petition for habeas relief seeking an order mandating that the Commonwealth of Kentucky vacate his 1978 murder conviction and sentence...

Wasser v. N.Y. State Office of Vocational and Educ. Servs.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In a Rehabilitation Act action based on failure to accommodate plaintiff's muscular dystrophy, dismissal of the action is affirmed where, when a...

Guillory v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims' affirmance of the Board of Veterans' Appeals' finding of no clear and unmistakable error in a...

US v. Millard-Grasshorn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In defendant's appeal from the district court's order finding defendant mentally incompetent and committing him to the custody of the Attorney General...

Zurich Am. Ins. Co. v. O'Hara

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action seeking reimbursement for medical expenses a benefit plan had paid on defendant's behalf after defendant was injured in an...

ALZA Corp. v. ANDRX Pharm., LLC.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's patent infringement suit, involving methods for treating ADHD through a methylphenidate drug dosage that has an ascending release rate...

Medtronic Navigation, Inc. v. Brainlab Medizinische Computersysteme GMBH

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
In an appeal by plaintiff and counsel in a patent infringement action, involving defendant's accused devices, which are image-guided surgical...

Fulton v. Med. Bd. of California

Administrative Law, Cyberspace Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Health Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit against the Medical Board of California, claiming that the publication of plaintiff's disciplinary information on its Web site,...

Carmona v. Southwest Airlines Co.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that the termination of plaintiff's employment violated Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), judgment as a...

Ellison v. Sequoia Health Servs.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Health Law
Trial court's denial of plaintiff's petition for writ of mandate to compel the reinstatement of his privileges following his termination of medical...