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Town of Tiburon v. Bonander

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In plaintiff-property owners' suit against a town challenging its supplemental assessment to place overhead utility lines underground, trial court's...

Loparex, LLC v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Decision by the National Labor Relations Board to order petitioner-manufacturing company to cease and desist engaging in a number of unfair labor...

Stone v. Instrumentation Lab. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an employment retaliation action under the whistleblower provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, grant of defendant's motion to dismiss in favor of...

Ass'n of California Ins. Co. v. Poizner

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiff-Association of California Insurance Companies' lawsuit disputing the validity of the 2006 amendments to regulations permitting consumer...

Wilner v. Nat'l. Sec. Agency

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Military Law
In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) action filed by attorneys for Guantanamo Bay detainees seeking information regarding whether the government...

World Outreach Conference Center v. City of Chicago

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a consolidated case involving the rights of religious organizations to avoid having to comply with local land-use regulations, dismissal of the...

In re US

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Indian Law
Petition for a writ of mandamus by the United States to direct the Court of Federal Claims to vacate its orders requiring the US to produce documents...

Sepulveda v. Allen Family Foods, Inc.

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by employees and their union against a poultry processing plant under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), judgment of the...

Nemet Chevrolet, Ltd. v. Consumeraffairs.com, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an online-automobile dealer's action against a defendant-website company that allows consumers to comment on the quality of businesses, goods, and...

Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Holiday

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by plaintiff-longshoreman against defendant-employer, decision of the Department of Labor's Benefits Review Board (BRB) is...