all - Opinion Summaries

Meyers v. Retirement Fund

Government Benefits, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Dismissal of a petition for an order removing certain trustees of defendant retirement fund, the retirement system for the City of San Jose, is...

Stallworth v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirming the denial of restoration of service connection for schizophrenia is...

Roberts v. US

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
Summary judgment for the government on plaintiff's claim for living quarters allowance (LQA) is affirmed, where: 1) the trial court's exercise of...

Dixon v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims dismissing claimant's appeal as untimely is reversed and remanded, where: 1) the...

Chaidez v. Board of Administration of California Public Employees' Retirement System

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Judgment in favor of defendant, upholding its determination that the statutory scheme required PERS to calculate plaintiff's retirement benefits on a...

Dailey v. City of San Diego

Contracts, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-city on plaintiff-employee's action for declaratory relief alleging that defendant improperly capped her retiree health...

Gutierrez v. Commissioner of Social Security

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
The district court properly affirmed the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of claimant's application for supplemental security income under the...

Mitchell v. Merit Systems Protection Board

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal by the Merit Systems Protection Board of petitioner's appeal of her removal from her position as an Assistant United States Attorney is...

Fox v. Elk Run Coal Company, Inc.

Administrative Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action involving a claim for Black Lung Benefits, the Benefits Review Board's holding that defendant's conduct of failing to disclose all the...

Haro v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, a class of Medicare beneficiaries, in an action challenging the Secretary of Health and Human Services'...