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Valdez v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an appeal of a decision by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) concluding that a medical report is inadmissible if it has been prepared...

Caraballo-Tavera v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming a decision of an Immigration Judge (IJ) that denied petitioner's application for...

Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak

Environmental Law, Gaming Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law
In a suit brought under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenging a deal to take into trust on the Tribe's behalf a tract of land for gaming...

Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter

Education Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law
In an action brought by Tribes under the Contract Disputes Act for breach of contract, arising out of agreements with the Department of the Interior...

Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by pharmaceutical sales representatives alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for failure to pay overtime wages, 29...

Housing Partners v. Duncan

Administrative Law, Construction, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action challenging the Director of Industrial Relations for the State of California's administrative rulings that a low-income housing project...

Tomlinson v. County of Alameda

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies provision in Pub. Resources Code section 21177(a), stating that a public agency's approval of a proposed...

Reeves v. Shinseki

Government Benefits, Administrative Law, Military Law
In an action by the surviving spouse of a veteran seeking service-connected disability benefits for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, appealing a...

Brewes v. Commissioner of Social Security Admin.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits
In an action for Social Security benefits, the district court's judgment affirming of the Commissioner of Social Security's final decision denying...

In the Matter of Smith v. Hon. Tormey

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judges & Judiciary, Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
An Administrative Judge (AJ) does not have authority pursuant to 22 NYCRR section 127.2 (b) to considering an order of a trial court assigning an...