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Mixon v. State of California

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a tort action against the State and PG&E, arising out of injuries sustained by a boy walking with his family in a marked crosswalk who was struck...

Jabbar v. Fischer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Transportation
In an action brought by a state inmate who alleged violations of his constitutional rights when he was transported on a bus without a seatbelt and was...

Chavez v. US

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a Bivens action alleging, among other things, that Border Patrol agents violated plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment rights when they repeatedly stopped...

Okwu v. McKim

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action by a former employee of California Department of Transportation, brought after defendants determined her psychological disorders made her...

In the Matter of New York City Transit Auth. v. New York State Public Employment Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit dealing with whether a transit authority's implementation of more stringent dual employment standards for train conductors was...

Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC

Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In light of AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion (2011) __ U.S. __ [131 S. Ct. 1740], reiterating the rule that the principal purpose of the Federal...

Downing v. Globe Direct LLC

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Transportation
In a putative class action alleging that defendant violated the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), 18 U.S.C. sections 2721-25, when it included...

Thomas v. Stenberg

Agriculture, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In a suit for general negligence and premises liability brought by a motorcyclist who was injured when a cow charged him on a private road passing...

Lyons v. Lancer Insurance Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Transportation
In an action seeking a declaration that federal law required an insurer to satisfy an unpaid judgment entered in favor of the plaintiffs in a...

North Carolina Wildlife Federation v. North Carolina Dep't of Transportation

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
In a suit by conservation groups against state and federal transportation agencies, arguing that the process by which the agencies approved a toll...