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Welshans v. US Postal Serv.

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Postal Service employee was correctly charged military leave for non-workdays on which he was away from his workplace on reserve duty, where the...

Sussman v. Crawford

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Military Law
In a decision related to claim by plaintiffs-individuals and the Democratic Alliance of Orange County (the Alliance) against defendants-commander and...

Armann v. McKean

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
In a habeas proceeding, a district court order granting petitioner an evidentiary hearing to determine whether he was mentally incompetent on the day...

Winter v. Natural Res. Defense Council, Inc.

Environmental Law, Military Law, Remedies
In an action brought by environmental groups claiming that the Navy's use of a particular type of sonar during training exercises in the waters off...

Basardh v. Gates

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, International Law, Military Law
In a Guantanamo Bay detainee's challenge to his detention, the government's motion to hold in abeyance detainee's petition for direct judicial review...

Maher v. City of Chicago

Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a suit alleging that defendant-employer wrongfully demoted plaintiff on three occasions for being absent from work while on active duty in the...

Dean v. Consumer Prod. Safety Comm'n

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Denial by the Merit Systems Protection Board of a request for corrective action under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act...

Hogan v. Peake

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
Denial of a veteran's claim for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder is affirmed where the Veterans Court did not adopt a rule that a...

US ex rel. Sanders v. American-Amicable Life Ins. Co. of Texas

Government Law, Insurance Law, Military Law
In a qui tam action alleging that relator's employer violated military regulations in selling life insurance to enlisted personnel, dismissal pursuant...

Lamour v. Peake

Administrative Law, Family Law, Government Benefits, Military Law
Denial of a request to reopen a claim for survivor benefits as the spouse of a veteran is vacated and remanded where the issue of whether claimant and...