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Doe v. Albany Unified Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Government Law
In a suit brought by a third-grade student and his father against a school district (District), the District's Board of Education (Board), and the...

John B. v. Goetz

Administrative Law, Health Law, Remedies, Government Benefits, Government Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a 1998 class action challenge to Tennessee's managed care program under the Medicaid Act claiming that the Tennessee officials charged with...

Bldg. Indus. Ass'n of Cent. California v. County of Stanislaus

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit by the Building Industry Association of Central California (BIA), challenging the facial validity of the County and the County Board of...

Stahl v. US

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In an action for a refund of personal income taxes, summary judgment for the U.S. is reversed where plaintiff was an employee of the corporation at...

O'Connor-Spinner v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's affirmance of the Social Security Administration's denial of claimant's 2004 application for Supplemental Security Income and...

Johnson v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former government employee's request for arbitration regarding her discharge from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the arbitrator's dismissal...

Humane Soc. of US v. Locke

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a challenge to the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) authorization of the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho to kill up to 85...

Friends of the Juana Briones House v. City of Palo Alto

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Trial court's judgment granting a writ of mandate, directing the City of Palo Alto to set aside its approval of a permit to demolish the historic...

Cherry Valley Pass Acres & Neighbors v. City of Beaumont

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' petition for writ of mandate seeking to set aside a city's certification of an EIR and related actions approving a project to build 560...

Hashalom v. City of Santa Monica

Tax-exempt Organizations, Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's petition for writ of mandate seeking an order compelling a city to set aside its designation of plaintiff's property as a landmark and...