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Matter of Baker

Administrative Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an article 78 proceeding brought by the former business manager of the Poughkeepsie City School District, challenging his termination by a Board of...

Idy v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A Moroccan national's petition for review of a removal order affirmed by the BIA is dismissed in part for lack of jurisdiction and otherwise denied,...

Barrett Business Services, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Workers' Compensation
In a dispute over whether an employer remained liable to a former employee for proceeds of a settlement of a workers' compensation claim when a check...

Scarborough Citizens Protecting Resources v. US Fish and Wildlife Service

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit alleging that the state of Maine's conveyances of easements on a tract of land purchased using federal funds granted to the state under the...

Peng v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings against a Chinese lawful permanent who was convicted at trial of a crime of moral turpitude before IIRAIRA, a petition for...

Ebel v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Military Law
A widow's appeal of a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, where: 1) the decision...

Sackett v. EPA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
In a suit by landowners seeking declarative and injunctive relief, contending that a compliance order from the EPA, which stated that their...

No Wetlands Landfill Expansion v. County of Marin

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a dispute over a local CEQA enforcement agency's approval of an EIR and issuance of a permit for expansion of a landfill, the trial court's...

Sierra Pacific Holdings, Inc. v. County of Ventura

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In a suit against a county for allegedly creating a dangerous condition at a county-owned airport that resulted in damage to the plaintiff's aircraft,...

DeNaples v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In a case involving a settlement under which Pennsylvania agreed to pay landowners for a taking in five yearly installments, a Tax Court order...