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Gross v. Rell

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Elder Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In plaintiff's suit against number of defendants, including his conservator, a court-appointed attorney, and a nursing home, asserting both federal...

Matteo v. California State Dep't of Motor Vehicles

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Transportation
Trial court's order directing the California State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to grant plaintiff a restricted drivers license based upon his...

Robinson v. SSW, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death action against a manufacturer of asbestos-containing boilers, claiming that the decedent's death from mesothelioma was caused by...

Loubriel v. Fondo Del Seguro Del Estado

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's dismissal of plaintiff's suit against her employer, brought under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, is affirmed where...

Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Remedies
In an action against multiple oil, energy, and utility companies, alleging that massive greenhouse gas emissions emitted by the defendants have...

Wolfsen Land & Cattle Co. v. Pac. Coast Fed'n of Fishermen's Ass'n.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a suit filed by property owners claiming that the government's releases of water from a dam in central California unlawfully impaired their...

Simon v. Keyspan Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an antitrust action against a producer of electricity, alleging that it colluded with one of its rivals to increase installed capacity prices and...

Council of San Benito County Governments v. Hollister Inn, Inc.

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In an eminent domain action to acquire property for a highway bypass project, the judgment of the trial court is vacated where the court erred in: 1)...

Stratton v. Buck

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Administrative Law
In an inmate's suit alleging constitutional violations against a registered nurse employed by the corrections center, the district court's judgment in...

Brennan Ctr. for Justice at New York Univ. Sch. of Law v. U.S. Dept. of Justice

Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In plaintiff's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ), the United States Department of Health and Human Services...