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Buser v. Raymond

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law
In an action alleging that a state board's practice of using an absentee judge during physician disciplinary hearings violated plaintiff's due process...

Davis v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Elder Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Denial of a WWII veteran's application for attorney's fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) in connection with a disability claim is...

San Diego County Health & Human Servs. Agency v. Ben C.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Health Law
Neither the federal nor California Constitution requires Anders/Wende procedures in an appeal from the imposition of a conservatorship under the...

Synergetics, Inc. v. Hurst

Contracts, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
In an action by a company against former employees for breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, and related claims, a judgment for the...

Am. Inv. Fin. v. US

Contracts, Debt Collection, Health Law, Tax Law
In a lien priority dispute involving cash collected for certain medical services, partial summary judgment for the government is affirmed where, under...

Glanden v. Land Prep, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Industrial Accident Board's (IAB) denial of a claimant's petition to Determine Additional Compensation Due is affirmed where: 1) neither res judicata...

Pearson v. Paradise Ford

Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a workers' compensation appeal involving two employment accidents, a decision allocating and determining the responsibility for benefits between...

Mohamed v. Gonzales

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Immigration Law
In proceedings challenging removal of petitioner to Somalia, petitioner's primary claim, an as-applied constitutional challenge to the REAL ID Act, is...

Bowers v. Nat'l Collegiate Athletic Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Sanctions, Sports Law
In a case arising out of a high school athlete's claims that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and several related institutions...

Voda v. Cordis Corp.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Patent
A decision assuming supplemental subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiff's foreign patent infringement claims is reversed where the district court...