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Ghouri v. Holder

Government Law, Immigration Law
A Pakistani citizen's petition for review of a BIA's decision affirming an IJ's denial of his application for asylum and related relief is denied in...

Princo Corp. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n

Commercial Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, International Trade
In plaintiff's patent infringement suit related to two types of digital storage devices, recordable discs (CD-Rs) and rewritable compact discs...

Hatmaker v. Mem'l Med. Ctr.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her formal employer for violating 42 U.S.C. section 2000e-3(a), claiming that she was fired as a part-time chaplain at the...

Meyers v. Nat'l R.R. Passenger

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's occupational injury lawsuit against his employer, Amtrack, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), district court's grant of...

California State Foster Parents' Ass'n v. Wagner

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Government Law
In an action against officials of the State of California under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claiming a violation of plaintiffs' federal right to payments...

Kurzberg v. Ashcroft

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Immigration Law
In an action by five Israeli nationals who were illegally present in the United States on September 11, 2001, concerning certain alleged particulars...

Hill v. Potter

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against the Postmaster General of the U.S. Postal Service, for age and disability discrimination and for retaliating against her...

Marks v. St. Luke's Episcopal Hosp.

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit against a hospital, claiming that its negligence contributed to cause his fall from a hospital bed, court of appeals' affirmance...

State of Texas v. Brownlow

Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In property owners' suit against the state for inverse condemnation for removing dirt from their property after obtaining an easement to construct a...

Kirby Lake Dev., Ltd. v. Clear Lake City Water Auth.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Contracts, Government Law, Water Law
In developers' suit against a water authority for inverse condemnation, the judgment of the court of appeals in favor of the water authority is...