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Wolf v. Fauquier County Bd. of Supervisors

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law
In a case involving the reporting and investigation of suspected child abuse, grant of summary judgment in favor of private and public defendants is...

Kolter v. Comm'n on Prof'l Competence etc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The governing board of a school district may convene in a closed session to initiate the process to dismiss a permanent certificated teacher without...

American Civil Liberties Union v. Miami-Dade Cty.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Media Law
In a claim contesting the removal of a non-fiction book at a public school for containing factual errors, grant for preliminary injuction in favor of...

Consumers' Checkbook v. US Dept. of Hlth & Hum. Servs.

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law
In a Freedom of Information Act action, summary judgment for Plaintiff is reversed. The financial information requested was exempt from disclosure...

Northeast Beverage Corp. v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of an NLRB order is granted in part and denied in part. Walkout by Petitioner's employees was not part of a "labor dispute" under...

Khan v. Filip

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) order is denied in part and dismissed in part. Under 8 U.S.C. section 1158(a)(3), the Court...

Riverwatch v. Olivenhain Mun. Water Dist.

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a case regarding the adequacy of an environmental impact report (EIR) submitted assessing the impact of construction and operation of a landfill...

Lichoulas v. City of Lowell

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case for just compensation brought by trustee of five parcels of land which were taken by eminent domain by defendant-city and which included a...

DiMaio v. Democratic Nat'l Comm.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections
In a complaint alleging that the Democratic National Committee violated the Fourteenth Amendment by ruling, prior to the 2008 presidential primaries,...

In Re: American Express Merchants' Litigation

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law
In a matter of first impression, decision holding that the enforceability of a class action waiver provision contained in the contract between parties...