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Jamulians Against the Casino v. Iwasaki

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Indian Law
In a case contesting CalTrans' execution of a settlement agreement with an Indian tribe that resolved federal litigation between those parties over...

Buckwalter v. Nevada Board of Medical Examiners

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought by a doctor against members of a state medical board in their individual capacities, alleging that the...

Githens v. Shinseki

Military Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
In a case in which a veteran brought a claim before the Department of Veterans Affairs for total disability based on individual unemployability, her...

Johnson v. Alameda County Medical Center

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case in which a woman involuntarily committed to a county mental institution was assaulted by a fellow patient and sued the institution and...

US v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In a case in which the government asserted a deficiency, outside the 3-year limitations period of 26 USC section 6501(a), against a taxpayer who...

In re Lupron Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
In a case in which a class of medical patient consumers alleged fraud in overcharging for the medication Lupron, and a small dissident group within...

Farag v. ArvinMeritor, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In a mesothelioma suit by a husband and wife, in which the plaintiffs rejected a defendant's CCP section 998 offer presented to both of them jointly...

In re D.M.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Juvenile Law
On appeal of a judgment terminating parental rights over the appellant's younger half-siblings and selecting adoption as the preferred permanent plan,...

Citizens for Open Government v. City of Lodi

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In consolidated cases involving a CEQA challenge to a city's reapproval of a conditional use permit for a proposed shopping center project, judgments...

Fleur du Lac Estates Ass'n v. Mansouri

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case in which a party was successful in getting a court to enter an order denying a petition to compel arbitration of a dispute involving...