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Turtle Island Restoration Network v. Dep't of State

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a suit alleging that the United States Department of State failed to satisfy its consultation and environmental assessment obligations under the...

Byron v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Military Law
On appeal from a decision by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims remanding the case for further proceedings before the Board of Veterans'...

Shenandoah Valley Network v. Capka

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Transportation
In a suit by a group of environmental and preservation organizations challenging the Federal Highway Administration's and the Virginia Department of...

Baker v. Goldman Sachs & Co.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Media Law
In a suit in which the plaintiffs sought to depose a journalist regarding two articles published in the Wall Street Journal, the district court's...

Anderson v. US

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act alleging that the plaintiff received negligent medical care at a VA hospital,...

Leigh v. Salazar

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Media Law
In a suit by a photojournalist contending that viewing restrictions at a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) horse roundup violated her First Amendment...

Kahn v. New York City Dep't of Education

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law
In consolidated suits by former probationary employees challenging the termination of their employment at the City of New York's Department of...

Levitt v. Brooks

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Attorney's Fees
In an attorney's fees dispute, the district court's grant of the attorney's motion to compel payment is affirmed, where: 1) ancillary jurisdiction...

Baker v. US

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
On a prisoner's pro se appeal of orders denying his untimely motions to reopen the time to take an appeal and his untimely motions for reconsideration...

Long v. Atlantic City Police Dep't

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
On a prisoner's pro se appeal of a denial of his untimely motion for reconsideration of a prior order dismissing his 42 USC section 1983 complaint,...