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Cal. Restaurant Management Systems v. City of San Diego

Class Actions, Government Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure
In a dispute arising from a governmental claim action, Gov. Code section 810 et seq., seeking a refund for excessive charges on defendant's wastewater...

McCollum v. CDCR

Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions
In a quasi-constitutional challenge to defendant's paid chaplaincy program by a group of Wiccan inmates involving a claim of remuneration by a...

Ixcot v. Holder

Immigration Law, Civil Procedure, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order of the BIA involving the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), 8 U.S.C....

Sierra Club v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Government Law
In a petition for a writ of mandate challenging an order denying petitioner public access to a government database associated with a geographic...

Watson v. Holder

Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order of the BIA affirming a determination that the petitioner was not legitimated pursuant to 8 U.S.C. section...

Ashcroft v. al-Kidd

Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a dispute arising from a Bivens action against petitioner for allegedly abusing the federal material-witness statute, 18 U. S. C. section 3144,...

Investors Equity Life Holding Company v. Schmidt

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a dispute arising from several repurchase and hedging transactions, judgment of the trial court is affirmed where court properly stayed action on...

Spicer v. City of Camarillo

Administrative Law, Government Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure, Transportation
In an action for declaratory and injunctive relief involving the scope of defendant-city's parking ordinance, Municipal Code section 11.12.010, which...

Hart v. Family Dental Group, PC

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure, Military Law
In a dispute involving the scope of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, 38 U.S.C. section 4301 et seq., judgment as a...

Jensen Family Farms, Inc. v. Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a dispute arising from the defendant's adoption and enforcement of emission rules that regulate diesel-powered engines, judgment on the pleadings...