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Culosi v. Bullock

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a police officer and others for the fatal shooting of an optometrist, whom the police were...

Raymond James Fin. Servs. Inc. v. Bishop

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
A decision vacating an arbitration panel's award of compensatory damages in favor of three financial advisors arising from their claims of wrongful...

Pleasures of San Patricio, Inc. v. Mendez-Torres

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
In plaintiff's challenge to a Puerto Rico cigarette excise tax recently imposed on "little cigars" imported from North Carolina, district court's...

Savantage Fin. Servs., Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In plaintiff's pre-award bid protest challenging the terms of a request for proposals from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arguing that...

Cooper v. FAA

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Transportation
In a Privacy Act action based on an exchange of information about plaintiff performed as part of a joint criminal investigation by multiple federal...

Davis v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by the family of a person killed during a Hurricane Katrina rescue operation, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs...

Rohrbough v. Univ. of Colo. Hosp. Auth.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff's employer, a public hospital, fired her in retaliation for exercising her First Amendment rights, summary...

Precision Pine & Timber, Inc. v. US

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
In plaintiff's breach of contract suit against the United States, involving the suspension of fourteen contracts with the U.S. Forest Service that...

Bryant v. Military Dep't of the State of Miss.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In an action alleging retaliation against plaintiff for his reporting misconduct by the Mississippi Air National Guard, summary judgment for...

Peacock v. US

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action against the U.S. for alleged breaches in the standard of care by veterans hospitals who operated on plaintiff, dismissal of the action is...