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Peru v. Sharpshooter Spectrum Venture LLC

Admiralty, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In determining whether the section 902(3)(B) exclusion to benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) applies, a court...

US v. Ghane

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a prosecution for criminal possession of potassium cyanide, a decision finding defendant incompetent to stand trial under 18 U.S.C. section 4241 is...

Simpson v. Norris

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
In a death penalty case, denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is vacated and remanded where the district court erred in holding that...

Thomas v. Miller

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought against plaintiff's former employer and supervisor for health benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act (COBRA),...

Penick Corp. v. DEA

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Health Law, International Trade
Peition for review of respondent granting intervenor's application for registration as an importer of narcotic raw materials under the Controlled...

Andrews v. Cervantes

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging, inter alia, a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for cruel and unusual punishment premised on the danger of...

Walton v. US Marshals Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against the U.S. Marshals Service under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 alleging plaintiff was unlawfully discharged due to her hearing...

White v. Howmedica, Inc.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability suit involving a prosthetic knee manufactured by defendant and used in plaintiff's knee replacement, summary judgment for...

Unified Sch. Dist. No. 259 v. Disability Rights Ctr. of Kansas

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
An appeal in a case involving a dispute about access to student records between a school district and a protection and advocacy agency, the appeal is...

Cal. Veterinary Med. Ass'n v. City of W. Hollywood

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a case involving a veterinary association's challenge to the City of West Hollywood's ban, as cruel and inhumane, on the practice of animal...