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Council Tree Communications, Inc. v. Fed. Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law
A petition for review of multiple orders in FCC rulemaking in which the FCC changed the qualifications for designated entities (DE) status as well as...

Barsoum v. Holder

Evidence, Government Law, Immigration Law
An Egyptian citizen's petition for review of a BIA's final order of removal is denied where: 1) substantial evidence supported the BIA's and IJ's...

Jones v. Illinois Cent. R.R. Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions, Transportation
In plaintiff's negligence action against defendant-railroad company arising from a collision between plaintiff's husband's vehicle and a train owned...

Johnson v. City of Memphis

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's 28 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against defendant-city arising out of a home entry by police officers and the fatal shooting of plaintiff's...

Albrecht v. Treon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a coroner and others claiming that they were denied due process of law when defendant-coroner...

Murray v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against Alaska Airlines claiming wrongful termination and retaliation for whistleblowing, brought after a final decision by the...

Berry v. Chicago Transit Auth.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her employer, claiming sex discrimination and hostile work environment, district court's grant of summary judgment in...

US v. Hawley

Agriculture, Government Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In a civil action by the U.S. against an insurance agent, and his insurance company, alleging that defendants violated the False Claims Act by...

Universal Furniture Int'l Inc. v. Collezione Europa USA, Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a copyright suit between competing furniture companies, district court's judgment in favor of the plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the district...

Geo M. Martin, Co. v. Alliance Mach. Sys. Int'l., LLC.

Patent, Government Law, Intellectual Property
In a suit for infringement of a patent, relating to an improvement over the traditional bundle breaker (a machine used to separate stacked sheets of...