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Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law, Workers' Compensation
In an appeal from a judgment of the appeals court vacating an administrative dismissal of respondent's Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) claim...

Scibelli v. Prudential Insurance Company

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing, on summary judgment, plaintiff's ERISA claim, 29 U.S.C. section 1132, order is vacated...

Sierra Club v. Cal. Parks & Recreation

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court dismissing plaintiff's petition to compel the defendant to amend its General Development Plan for the...

NLRB v. County Waste of Ulster, LLC

Administrative Law, Judges & Judiciary, Labor & Employment Law
In a National Labor Relations Board administrative proceeding charging that an employer violated section 8(a)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act...

Hancock v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court affirming an administrative denial of appellant's application for SSI, judgment is affirmed where...

Chandler v. Commissioner of Social Security

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In an appeal from an order of remand by the district court following the appeal of an administrative denial of social security benefits, order is...

In re: Bd. of Education of the Garrison Union Free School Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Juvenile Law
In an appeal from an order of the appellate division upholding the trial court's grant of Respondent's motion for summary judgment, order is affirmed...

Contreras v. Attorney General of the US

Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a petition for review of an order of the BIA upholding an administrative denial of petitioners' motion to reopen, petition is denied because the...

New York Civil Liberties Union v. New York City Transit Authority

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Transportation
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought by organization that advocates for open governmental and judicial proceedings to enjoin a policy...

Guillory v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
In a disabled veteran's suit for additional special monthly compensation for aid and attendance retroactive to the date of his service-related...