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State of N.Y. v. Philip Morris Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In settlement of litigation brought by state, territorial, and DC governments against tobacco manufacturers for wrongful marketing and advertising of...

Lax v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of an application for social security disability benefits (SSD) and supplemental security income benefits (SSI) under the Social Security Act...

In re Application of the County Collector

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
With regard to a tax sale and subsequent issuance of a tax deed by order of the circuit court, petition to have the tax deed set aside based on lack...

Tang v. Gonzales

Health Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of Chinese petitioner's application for asylum and withholding of removal, which alleged that an abortion performed on...

Meuir v. Greene County Jail Employees

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a pro se 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that a jail's medical staff was deliberately indifferent to a former prisoner's serious medical...

In re Lisa G.C.

Health Law
An order requiring respondent to be hospitalized is affirmed where: 1) respondent's transfer may have been improper but she did not suffer any...

Am. Ass'n of Retired Persons v. Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by the AARP challenging an EEOC regulation that would exempt from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) employer...

Erickson v. Pardus

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging his constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment were violated by prison...

Northland Family Planning Clinic, Inc. v. Cox

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
A decision declaring unconstitutional a state law that regulates abortion methods is affirmed where Michigan's law fails to comply with the explicit...

City of Elsa v. M.A.L.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The court reaffirms that: 1) "sue and be sued" provisions in city charters do not waive immunity from suit for monetary damages; and 2) governmental...