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Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii, Inc. v. Holder

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Indian Law
In a suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief barring the government from enforcing the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) against the plaintiffs,...

Williams v. Public Employment Relations Board

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case in which the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) dismissed charges by two nonunion university faculty members that their federal and...

Liberty Lincoln-Mercury, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Transportation
In a suit by Ford car dealerships in New Jersey against Ford for violation of the New Jersey Franchise Protection Act (NJFPA), the district court's...

In re MSTG, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action concerning a patent on 3G mobile telecommunications technologies, which the plaintiff eventually settled with certain...

Disability Advocates, Inc. v. New York Coalition for Quality Assisted Living, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law
In a suit brought by a private nonprofit organization contracted to provide services to New York State's protection and advocacy system under the...

Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Baker

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Judgement Enforcement
In a case in which a national bank, after using substituted service in Iowa without holding a certificate of authority to do business there, obtained...

Anderson News, L.L.C. v. American Media, Inc.

Media Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure
In a suit alleging that national magazine publishers and their distribution representatives conspired to drive a wholesaler out of the single-copy...

Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Brown

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a suit by California high school and college students against the governor and the president of the University of California (UC) alleging that...

Powell v. Symons

Civil Procedure, Health Law
In consolidated cases in which prisoners, proceeding pro se, sought damages from prison officials: 1) with respect to one plaintiff, a psychiatric...

Maine Medical Center v. US

Civil Procedure, Tax Law
In a tax refund suit brought by a medical center for reimbursement of FICA taxes paid on behalf of its medical residents in 2001, the district court's...