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General Development Co., L.P. v. City of Santa Maria

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
On appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered in favor of the City of Santa Maria after the trial court ruled that a developer's petition for writ of...

Otay Mesa Property, L.P. v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
On appeal from a decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims awarding plaintiffs $3,043,051, plus interest, for the temporary taking of a...

Marken v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a public school teacher who had been investigated for sexually harassing a student, requesting a preliminary injunction against...

Litif v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case seeking review of a judgment awarding $1.15 million to the family and the estate of a murder victim of FBI informant James "Whitey" Bulger...

Davis v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In consolidated suits under the Federal Tort Claims Act brought by families of murder victims, seeking to impose liability on the United States for...

Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation v. County of El Dorado

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case arising from the County of El Dorado's adoption of an oak woodland management plan and mitigation fee program without an environmental...

Alvarez v. Hill

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit by a former prisoner alleging that Oregon Department of Corrections employees substantially burdened the practice of his religion in...

Perry v. Perez

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In cases challenging redistricting plans in Texas for race discrimination under the federal Constitution and section 2 of the Voting Rights Act,...

Farris v. Seabrook

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a suit challenging the constitutionality of a Washington statute prohibiting contributions of more than $800 to a political committee making...

Washington State Republican Party v. Washington State Grange

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Elections, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a suit involving the State of Washington's "top-two" primary election system, the district court's order granting the state's request for...