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Haag v. US

Asset Forfeiture, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
In an action by the government against defendant-taxpayers to reduce to judgment federal income tax liabilities, dismissal of defendants' claims of...

Yant v. US

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by thirty-five current and former nurse practitioners employed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the Tennessee Valley...

CNG Transmission Mgmt. VEBA v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In petitioner's claim that it was not obligated to pay tax on its investment income because it had spent that income on member benefits during the...

California Alliance of Child & Fam. Servs. v. Allenby

Administrative Law, Family Law, Government Benefits, Government Law
In an action challenging California's scheme of reimbursement to foster care homes, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where California was...

Monroe Retail, Inc. v. RBS Citizens, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Debt Collection, Government Law
In plaintiff-garnishors' suit against defendant-banks for conversion alleging that defendants unlawfully used garnished funds to satisfy service fees...

Metro Allied Ins. Agency, Inc. v. Lin

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiff's action against an insurance company for negligence and a violation of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) for failure to procure a...

Metro Allied Ins. Agency, Inc. v. Lin

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiff's action against an insurance company for negligence and a violation of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) for failure to procure a...

In re Masoner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In an appeal of an order granting a prisoner's petition for a writ of habeas relief after governor Schwarzenegger reversed the Board of Parole...

Balian v. Balian

Administrative Law, Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Probate court's order granting a declaratory relief petition brought by a trust beneficiary to determine that a proposed petition to modify an...

Walker v. Holder

Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
BIA's ruling denying petitioner's claim of derivative U.S. citizenship and ordering him removed from the U.S. to Jamaica is affirmed where: 1)...