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Wright v. Arkansas & Missouri R.R. Co.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a negligence action brought under the Federal Employer's Liability Act and the Locomotive Inspection Act, district court judgment is affirmed...

Indiana Protection and Advocacy Serv. v. Indiana Family and Social Serv. Admin.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action challenging provisions of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, district court judgment is vacated for...

Oveissi v. Islamic Repub. of Iran

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action against the Islamic Republic of Iran for causing Hezbollah's assassination of plaintiff's grandfather (chief of the Iranian armed...

Cobell v. Salazar

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Remedies
In an action seeking an accounting of funds held by federal officials on behalf of American Indians, district court's order that an accounting is...

Lai Services, Inc. v. Gates

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
In a contract dispute involving material distribution services for the military, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals judgment is reversed where:...

Renee v. Duncan

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a challenge to a Department of Education regulation permitting teachers participating in alternative route programs to be considered "highly...

Kraus v. Presidio Trust Facilities Div.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action for employment discrimination by a federal employee, dismissal of the action is reversed where plaintiff was not required to...

Oscar Renda Contracting Inc. v. Lubbock

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant city violated the First Amendment by denying plaintiff a construction contract, summary...

Abbott Laboratories v. Franchise Tax Board

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
Order sustaining defendant's demurrer to plaintiff's action for a tax refund is affirmed where writing or reforming Revenue and Taxation Code sec....

Abbott Laboratories v. Franchise Tax Board

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
Order sustaining defendant's demurrer to plaintiff's action for a tax refund is affirmed where writing or reforming Revenue and Taxation Code sec....