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Alaska Survival v. Surface Transportation Board

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Transportation
Petition for review challenging the Surface Transportation Board's decision to grant an exemption and authorize Alaska Railroad Corporation to...

Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach

Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Transportation
In admiralty suit in rem against floating home, judgment that the floating home was a "vessel" under 1 U.S.C. section 3 and award of damages to...

Dammann v. Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transp. Dist.

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In plaintiffs' suit against the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (District), alleging that the District was liable for personal...

US v. Harris

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Transportation
Defendant's conviction for conspiracy to carry a concealed dangerous weapon on an aircraft and for aiding and abetting the carrying of a concealed...

Blitz v. Napolitano

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
In plaintiffs' suit for declaratory and injunctive relief challenging the use of advanced imaging technology scanners and invasive pat-downs at...

Cividanes v. City of New York

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit against the City of New York for sustaining injuries to her ankle when she stepped off the bus and fell into a hole, the judgment...

Metz v. State of New York

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In plaintiffs' suit against the State of New York alleging that it had been negligent in certifying an unsafe passenger capacity of a public vessel,...

People ex rel. Dep't of Transp. v. Dry Canyon Enterprises, LLC

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Transportation
In eminent domain proceedings over a parcel of land to widen a highway, trial court's judgment in favor of the state on the ground that the landowner...

Rota-McLarty v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Transportation
In plaintiff's putative class action, alleging violations of various state consumer protection laws for undisclosed finance charges and other unfair...

Maryland Transit Admin. v. Surface Transp. Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Transportation
A railroad right-of-way owner's petition for review of the Surface Transportation Board's (STB) denial of its application to abandon freight...