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Elliot v. Carcieri

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In a class action lawsuit on behalf of foster care children who are under the legal custody of Rhode Island's Department of Children, Youth and...

Biodiversity Conservation Alliance v. Bureau of Land Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
In several environmental and citizens' groups challenge to a 2003 Bureau of Land Management resource management plan amendment allowing natural gas...

Guevara v. Repub. of Peru

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, International Law
In an action claiming that the Republic of Peru owed plaintiff $5 million in reward money for information that lead to the arrest of Peru's former spy...

Jennifer Matthew Nursing & Rehab. Ctr. v. US Dept. of Health & Hum. Servs.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In a petition for review of a ruling by the Appeals Board of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services affirming the decision of an...

Michael Simon Design, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, International Law, International Trade
In an appeal brought by three importers of foreign made goods from the Court of International Trade's denial of their request for judicial review of...

Bryan v. MacPherson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action asserting excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment based on an officer's use of a taser on plaintiff, a denial of summary...

Vereecke v. Huron Valley Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a high school English teacher's suit against a school district and individuals for First Amendment retaliation, claiming that certain disciplinary...

Martinez v. Cui

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit against a first-year medical resident claiming that she was sexually assaulted during an examination, judgment in favor of the...

Cortes-Reyes v. Salas-Quintana

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a political discrimination suit brought by thirty-six former Ranger cadets of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources,...

Price v. Wolford

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA)'s appeal from the district court's order allotting part of a malpractice settlement to OHCA in full...