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California Attorneys v. Schwarzennegger

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Trial court's grant of a petition for writ of mandate prohibiting Governor Schwarzenegger and the director of the Department of Personnel...

Bath Iron Works Corp. v. Fields

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In plaintiff-employer's claim for disability benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), the Benefits Review Board's...

Claudio v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's final order removing petitioner from the U.S., the petition is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where a...

Golden & Zimmerman, LLC v. Domenech

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action against the ATF, seeking a judgment declaring that an answer to one of the frequently asked questions in the ATF's published "Federal...

Payne v. Peninsula Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
In an action under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by the mother of an autistic student, dismissal of the action is affirmed...

Mirisawo v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review BIA's decision affirming an immigration judge's removal order to remove the petitioner from the United States to Zimbabwe is...

Calvao v. Town of Framingham

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In police officers' putative class action suit against a town claiming that the town failed to pay them sufficient overtime in violation of the FLSA,...

Service Employees Int'l. Union v. US

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an appeal of the IRS's assessment of penalties for the late filing of a return, a district court's order reducing the assessed penalty is reversed...

Braza v. Office of Pers. Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a widow's claim for a survivor annuity as the spouse of a deceased civil service employee, decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board affirming...

Tamang v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the denial of petitioner's asylum application, the petition is denied where: 1) the ineffectiveness of petitioner's former...