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National Parks & Conservation Ass'n. v. Bureau of Land Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a Federal Land and Policy Management Act challenge to the exchange of certain private lands for several parcels of land surrounding a mine site and...

People v. Am. Surety Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Judgment in favor of the People forfeiting bail after a motion to set aside the forfeiture was denied is reversed as the trial court lost jurisdiction...

California Groundwater Ass'n v. Semitrophic Water Storage Dist.

Administrative Law, Construction, Government Law, Water Law
In plaintiff's suit against defendants for using its employees to drill its water wells without a required license, trial court's judgment against...

King v. Johnston

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In plaintiff's suit against defendant alleging undue influence on the trustee to breach a trust of which plaintiff was a beneficiary, judgment in...

Kunelius v. Town of Stow

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
In plaintiff's breach of contract action against defendants involving a town's exercise of its statutory right of first refusal (ROFR) to purchase...

Williams v. Soc. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) affirming the Social Security Administration's removal of petitioner for his participation in...

Al-Ghorbani v. Holder

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
Petitioners' request for review of BIA's denial of their application for asylum and related relief from being returned back to Yemen is denied in part...

Jones v. Byrnes

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against two police officers on behalf of the estate of her husband arising from a high speed chase of...

Gardner v. Schwarzenegger

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections, Government Law
Trial court's judgment enjoining Governor Schwarzenegger and other defendants from enforcing Senate Bill No. 1137 sections 1-12 that sought to amend...

In re: Smith

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Family Law, Government Law
Order of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversing an order of the Bankruptcy Court is affirmed as a late alimony payment penalty was not a domestic...