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Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
Grant of a preliminary injunction under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in favor of plaintiff, a church, against the government involving the...

Prospect Med. Group, Inc. v. Northridge Emergency Med. Group

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
Health and Safety Code section 1379 does not prohibit non-contracted emergency room physicians from -balance billing- individual patient/subscribers...

Warre v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision terminating the supplemental security income benefits of plaintiff's minor son is affirmed where: 1)the defendant-commissioner permissibly...

Vaughn v. Greene County

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of summary judgment for defendant, sheriff, in a civil rights case arising from the in-custody death of plaintiff's brother is reversed where...

Women's Med. Prof'l Corp. v. Baird

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
Grant of a permanent injunction against defendant, director of a state department of health, in a challenge brought by an abortion clinic operator to...

Long John Silver's/Yum! Brands, Inc. v. Holcombe

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An order of a judge of compensation claims finding a claimant-s alleged work place injuries to be compensable because the employer and carrier failed...

Western States Petroleum Ass'n v. S. Coast Air Quality Mgmt. Dist.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Oil and Gas Law
Denial of a writ of mandate challenging a rule adopted by defendant, an air quality management district, requiring the oil refineries in its...

Ferring B.V. v. Barr Labs., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Grant of summary judgment for defendant in a patent infringement case involving a medicinal compound and a method of administering the compound is...

Pierce v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Orders denying plaintiffs' applications for attorney-s fees under 42 U.S.C. section 406(b) are reversed in a Social Security disability benefits case...

Hurlbert v. St. Mary's Health Care Sys., Inc.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant, a paramedic's former employer, on Family and Medical Leave Act interference and retaliation claims is reversed where...