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Alabama v. N. Carolina

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an action by Florida and Tennessee against North Carolina seeking monetary sanctions under the terms of the Southeast Interstate Low-Level...

Samantar v. Yousuf

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by persons who were persecuted by the Somali government during the 1980s, alleging that defendant, who then held high-level government...

Vellejo v. Santini-Padilla

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit against the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, its mayor, and others alleging police brutality, district court's dismissal of the...

R.H. v. Plano Indep. Unified Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's denial of tuition reimbursement for private preschooling under the Individuals with Disabilities...

Nattah v. Bush

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In an action claiming that the U.S. military abducted plaintiff into slavery and forced him to serve on the front lines in Iraq, dismissal of the...

KYD, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Government Law, International Trade
A decision of the Court of International Trade affirming the Department of Commerce's antidumping duty rate determination for polyethylene retail...

Poer v. Astrue

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit brought by an employee of the Social Security Administration, alleging that the Administration failed to promote him because he...

CE Design, Ltd. v. Prism Bus. Media, Inc.

Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law
In plaintiff's suit under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), against the defendant for sending a fax advertising a trade show to the...

Zaleski v. Burns

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action seeking an order that plaintiff's allegations -- specifically, that there was a conspiracy to deny criminal defendants their...

Seijas v. Repub. of Argentina

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, International Law, Remedies, Securities Law
In a class action by holders of defaulted bonds issued by the Republic of Argentina, the district court's order of class certification is affirmed in...