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Lockwood v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In a petition for review of the denial of social security benefits to petitioner, claiming that the ALJ erred when she failed to explain in her...

FTC v. Network Servs. Depot, Inc.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Remedies
In an action by the FTC against defendants for making material misrepresentations and engaging in deceptive business practices in violation of Section...

Adams v. Del. Harness Racing Comm'n

Administrative Law, Gaming Law, Sports Law
In an appeal from an order of the Delaware Harness Racing Commission claiming that it improperly sanctioned a horse trainer after his horses tested...

Ocmulgee Fields, Inc. v. Comm'r of Int'l. Rev.

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In a petition for review of the tax court's determination that the taxpayer's like-kind exchange that interposed an intermediary between itself and a...

League of Wilderness Defenders v. Allen

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action alleging that the Five Buttes Project, which authorized certain logging activities, violated the National Forest Management Act and the...

Castile v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's affirmance of the Social Security Administration's denial of plaintiff's numerous claims under Title II of the Social Security Act...

Schwartz v. Poizner

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandate seeking to compel the Commissioner of the California Department of Insurance to pursue additional...

Martinez-Medina v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioners' motion to suppress, the petition is denied where: 1) the initial encounter between the...

Great Rivers Habitat Alliance v. FEMA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action against FEMA claiming that a levee did not meet FEMA's requirements and FEMA erred by granting approval for it, dismissal of the...

Sierra Club v. Otter Tail Power Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a Clean Air Act (CAA) citizen suit alleging that defendants violated the CAA by failing to obtain permits for a series of modifications to a power...