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Yarick v. Pacificare of California

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Elder Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff-estate's suit against defendant health care providers and health care benefits providers alleging that the events resulting in decedent's...

Toj-Culpatan v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order denying petitioner's asylum application, the petition is denied where petitioner did not file an asylum...

Kanter v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In a case begun in 1986, now involving the estate of a well-known tax attorney, seeking review of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue's determination...

Charles v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
Veterans Court's decision affirming the Board of Veteran's Appeals decision denying claimant an earlier effective date for service-connected...

Marshall v. Dep't of Health & Human Serv.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Military Law, Remedies
Final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) dismissing claimant's petition for enforcement of a prior MSPB order requiring that the...

In re R.S.

Administrative Law, Family Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Juvenile Law
Order of the juvenile court terminating parents' parental rights is reversed where: 1) the juvenile court erred in holding the section 366.26 hearing...

Capogrosso v. Advisory Comm. on Judicial Conduct

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Dismissal of an attorney's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against four New Jersey Superior Court judges, the New Jersey Advisory Committee on Judicial...

Duncan v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Plaintiff's petition for review of a decision by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board is granted and the Board's decision annulled as the cost of...

Medina v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's ERISA suit against defendant alleging that it used an arbitrary and capricious procedure in terminating his short-term disability...

Decky v. Holder

Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
Petitioners-Indonesian citizens' petition for review of the BIA's denial of their application for asylum and related relief is denied over...