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Roman-Cancel v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
In a Vietnam veteran's suit against the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), arising from the VA's decision in 1975, lowering the...

Neves v. Holder

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Immigration Law
On remand from the Supreme Court for reconsideration in light of Kucana v. Holder, a Brazilian citizen's petition for review of the BIA's denial of...

Bowers v. Wynne

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a federal civilian employee's suit against the Secretary of the Air Force, claiming gender and disability discrimination as well as retaliatory...

Sutter Health v. Unite Here

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Government Law
In a hospital's suit against a union for defamation, trade libel, and intentional interference with prospective economic relations, arising from the...

Brandt v. Winnetka

Elections, Government Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 seeking a declaratory judgment that a village ordinance violated the First Amendment by "chilling"...

S. Carolina Green Party v. S. Carolina State Election Comm'n

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In an action by an individual and the South Carolina Green Party challenging the constitutionality of South Carolina's "sore-loser" statute, as...

Brown v. N. Carolina Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendants-correctional officers were deliberately indifferent to the serious harm he suffered at...

US v. Urciuoli

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Contracts, Government Law, White Collar Crime
A conviction of the former CEO of a medical center following a second trial for multiple counts of honest services mail fraud and conspiracy to commit...

Melrose, Inc. v. City of Pittsburgh

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a company's action challenging the Pittsburgh Zoning Board's rejection of its applications to change the "Identification Signs" on five Pittsburgh...

Conn v. Western Placer Unif. Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against a school district under the Reporting by School Employees of Improper Governmental Activities Act (Act) by a former teacher in...