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Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. County of San Bernardino

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a suit against the County of San Bernardino for its approval of an open-air human waste composting facility under the CEQA, judgment of the trial...

Barragan v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In quadriplegic plaintiff's suit against the County of Los Angeles under the Tort Claims Act, arising from the allegedly dangerous condition of a road...

Los Angeles County Fire Dep't v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
WCAB's denial of a county's petition for reconsideration in its claim that the battalion chief for the county fire department was not entitled to any...

Glendale Redevelopment Agency v. County of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In a petition for writ of mandate by community redevelopment agencies seeking an order that county accept their revised Statement of Indebtedness...

Sneller v. Bainbridge Island

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
In plaintiffs' appeal from a sanction award to defendants under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 and 28 U.S.C. section 1927, the order is reversed...

County of Suffolk v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In an action under the Administrative Procedure Act seeking additional funding for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 from a grant program administered by the...

Fletcher v. Burkhalter

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a civil rights action claiming that defendant-deputy signed a probable-cause affidavit that led to plaintiff's improper arrest for engaging in a...

Mitec Ptnrs., LLC v. U.S. Bank Nat'l. Assn.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging fraud and negligent misrepresentation based on defendant's failure to disclose a lienholder agreement with the Small Business...

Anthoine v. N. Central Counties Consortium

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendant terminated plaintiff public employee for reporting to management that his immediate supervisor had misrepresented...

Lewis v. Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action challenging Chicago's practice of selecting only applicants who scored 89 or above on a written examination because of its...