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Mednik v. State Dept. of Health Care Serv.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law
Trial court order denying plaintiff's petition for writ of mandate is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's exclusion from the Medi-Cal program amounted to...

Grammer v. John J. Kane Regional Centers

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action brought under the Federal Nursing Home Reform Amendments, district court judgment finding no right of action under the...

Carmichael v. Kellogg, Brown & Root Serv., Inc.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In a negligence suit arising out of an accident in which Plaintiff's husband was injured while serving in Iraq, the dismissal of the complaint is...

Sanders Construction Co., Inc., v. Cerda

Construction, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for wages, interest, and waiting-time penalties, trial court judgment is affirmed where under Labor Code sec. 2750.5 the general...

Wilson v. San Luis Obispo County Democratic Central Comm.

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
Trial court judgment denying plaintiff's petition for writs of mandate and prohibition is affirmed where: 1) the removal clause of the committee...

Roberts v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action against a public-entity health-care provider, trial court judgment is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs must comply with both the...

Cuomo v. Clearing House Ass'n., L.L.C.

Banking Law, Government Law
In an action claiming that certain state fair-lending laws were preempted by the National Bank Act (NBA) and accompanying regulations, an injunction...

Ricci v. DeStefano

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action claiming that a city discriminated against white firefighter candidates for a promotion by discarding their test results based...

Oglala Sioux Tribe v. US Army Corps of Eng'rs.

Government Law, Indian Law
In an action by a Sioux Indian tribe seeking a declaration that the 1889 Act of Congress dissolving the Great Sioux Reservation never took effect, the...

Summers v. Dep't of Justice

Attorney's Fees, Government Law
In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) action seeking certain FBI records, the denial of an attorney's fee award to Plaintiff is affirmed, where the...