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Cate v. California State Personnel Board

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
On petition for writ of administrative mandamus to order the State Personnel Board (SPB) to reinstate a correctional officer's termination of...

Shannahan v. IRS

Administrative Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In an action seeking disclosure of tax-related documents from the IRS under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the district court's grant of...

Hasan v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a BIA decision affirming a removal order is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction insofar as it challenged the denial of...

Anderson v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a removal order is granted and the case remanded with instructions for the BIA to vacate the removal order, where: 1) a...

Ward v. US Postal Service

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A petitioner is found to be a "prevailing party" under EAJA and is therefore entitled to the attorney's fees incurred during his Federal Circuit...

Consolidated Irrigation District v. City of Selma

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
On appeal of a trial court's grant of an irrigation district's petition for a writ of mandate challenging a city's use of a mitigated negative...

Steed v. Department of Conusmer Affairs

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In a suit against the Veterinary Medical Board and its individual members, executive officers, enforcement coordinator, attorneys, investigator, and...

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. v. Hudson River-Black River Regulating Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a suit by a gas and electric power company against a water district for declaratory judgments regarding the district's assessment scheme, the...

Nesson v. Northern Inyo County Local Hospital District

Health Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure
In an action by a radiologist against a hospital for suspending his medical privileges, the trial court's grant of the hospital's anti-SLAPP motion to...

Oyeniran v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
A Nigerian national's petition for review of decisions by the BIA is granted, where: 1) collateral estoppel bound the BIA to its prior determinations...