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T-Mobile Northeast LLC v. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors

Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law
In a case involving certain "prohibition" and "discrimination" challenges brought by a wireless telecommunications provider against a local governing...

Okasaki v. City of Elk Grove

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute stemming from a city's approval of the building of a swimming pool close to a neighbor's property, judgment dismissing the complaint is...

Matter of Sedacca

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Law
In a combined declaratory judgment/article 78 proceeding, the order of the Appellate Division is modified by granting judgment declaring that in the...

Barber v. California Dep't of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
On a former parole agent's petition for writ of mandamus, seeking production of his personnel and internal affairs files from the California...

US v. 300 Units of Rentable Housing

Contracts, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a lease dispute between the government and the lessor of 300 units of family housing located on an Air Force base, in which the government brought...

Sanchez v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit by numerous plaintiffs asserting that they suffered tort injuries because of the United States Navy's alleged negligence in emitting certain...

Hunt v. County of Orange

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a suit by a former lieutenant officer in the sheriff's department against the county sheriff under 42 USC section 1983 claiming that his placement...

Schatz v. Republican State Leadership Committee

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation and false-light action brought by a Maine state senate candidate against his political opponents, the district court's dismissal for...

Adams v. US Forest Service

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to the United States Forest Service's charging of fees to persons who drive to Mount Lemmon near Tucson, park their cars, then picnic,...

Sharp v. Superintendent Johnson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a prisoner's suit claiming that two prison facilities unlawfully denied his request to accommodate his particular religious group, a magistrate...