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Higgins v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings against a Jamaican national who had been convicted for witness tampering under Connecticut General Statutes section 53a-151, a...

Kappos v. Hyatt

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a civil action under 35 USC section 145 against the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) challenging the denial of a patent, the...

Neighbors for Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
In a case in which a coalition of homeowners' associations, community groups and unaffiliated citizens sought a writ of mandate asking the trial court...

Singh v. Att'y General

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a case in which the government sought to remove a Jamaican national for an aggravated felony based on his conviction of knowingly making a false...

Castaneda-Castillo v. Holder

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
A final judgment closing an asylum case is issued, where the First Circuit, when it remanded the case to the BIA, explicitly retained jurisdiction for...

Restrepo v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings against a Colombian national, a petition for review of the BIA's denial of an application for cancellation of removal is...

Minorty Television Project, Inc. v. Federal Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a challenge to federal statutory restrictions on certain types of advertising by public broadcast TV stations, the district court's grant of...

Wilder v. Merit System Protections Board

Military Law, Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case in which a former civilian employee of the Navy, who was on the job for less than a year but who had previously served for 26 years in the...

Matter of Lesher

Administrative Law, Government Law
In an article 78 proceeding to compel the district attorney and the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) appeals officer to comply with a records...

Arbid v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings against a Lebanese national reopened after he pleaded to guilty to mail fraud for his role in a scheme to defraud mortgage...