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In re R.N.

Family Law, Government Law, Juvenile Law
Dependency court's order appointing minor's aunt as the successor guardian and a separate order summarily denying father's subsequent Welfare &...

McSherry v. Long Beach

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising from the faulty imprisonment of now-exonerated plaintiff for almost fourteen years, summary judgment for...

Hall v. Spencer County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
District court's finding that plaintiffs' new claims in their amended complaint were time-barred under the applicable Kentucky statute of limitations...

Sch. Dist. of the City of Pontiac v. Sec'y of the U.S. Dep't of Educ.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs-school districts' suit seeking a declaratory judgment that they need not comply with the No Child Left Behind Act's (NCLB) requirements...

Merryfield v. Jordan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action concerning the conditions of plaintiff's involuntary confinement at a state hospital, dismissal of the complaint is...

Schaghticoke Tribal Nation v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Government Law, Indian Law
In a petition under the Administrative Procedure Act challenging the Department of the Interior-s determination not to acknowledge the "tribal...

Sch. Dist. of the City of Pontiac v. Sec'y of the U.S. Dep't of Educ.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs suit seeking a declaratory judgment that they need not comply with the No Child Left Behind Act's (NCLB)requirements where doing so...

Crucible Materials Corp. v. N.Y. Power Auth.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an Article 78 proceeding challenging the New York Power Authority's (NYPA) determination requiring participants in the Power for Jobs program to...

Aurelius Capital Ptnrs., LP v. Argentina

Government Benefits, Government Law, International Law
In defendant Republic of Argentina's appeal from the district court's orders of attachment and execution entered in late 2008 over Argentine social...

Selevan v. N.Y. Thruway Auth.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation, Commercial Law
In a dormant Commerce Clause challenge to a toll policy of the New York Thruway Authority (NYTA) that afforded a discount to residents of a particular...