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Samirah v. Holder

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Immigration Law
In a Jordanian citizen's petition for writ of mandamus seeking to direct the Attorney General to enable him to return to the United States for the...

Costanich v. Dept. of Soc. & Health Servs. for the State of Wash.

Government Law, Health Law, Civil Rights, Family Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging the deprivation of plaintiff's due process rights to her foster care license and guardianship of her...

Sellers v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Government Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's affirmance of an insurer's denial of a widow's claim for benefits under the accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance...

Carrow v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In petitioner's challenge to the termination of his employment as an orthotist-prosthetist with the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), the Merit...

Grobeson v. City of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former police officer's suit against the City of Los Angeles and a commanding officer, for unlawful retaliation and discrimination in violation...

In re Colodny

Administrative Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Judges & Judiciary
In the Judicial Qualifications Commission's (JQC) action against a judge claiming that, during the judge's 2008 judicial campaign, she listed...

Center for Biological Diversity v. US Dept. of Agr.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law
In the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) appeal from the district court's order requiring the USDA, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),...

In re: N.Y. State United Teachers

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Education Law, Government Law
In an action under the Freedom of Information Law ("FOIL") against six Charter Schools seeking, among other things, payroll records showing the full...

Deering v. Nat'l Maint. & Repair, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit under the Jones Act against his employer for injuries sustained in an accident aboard a towboat, district court's dismissal of the...

Gentilello v. Rege

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a tenured professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center against his supervisors under 42 U.S.C. section 1983,...