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Elephant Butte Irrigation Dist. of New Mexico v. US Dep't of the Interior

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Water Law
In an action against the U.S. Department of the Interior and various federal officials challenging, inter alia, DOI's lease of project lands to New...

Clark v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law
A refusal to grant a declaratory judgment and set aside a USDA determination that plaintiff converted wetlands in violation of the Swampbuster...

Saunders v. Farmers Ins. Exch.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Government Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In purported class actions on behalf of persons living in a "single, contiguous black community in Kansas City" claiming, inter alia, that...

Madden v. Summit View, Inc.

Administrative Law, Construction, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a negligence case brought by an individual injured while working for a subcontractor at a home construction site, summary judgment for...

In re: Gilead Sci. Sec. Litig.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action claiming defendant-biopharmaceutical company misled the investing public by representing that demand for its most popular...

Willsey v. Peake

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
Denial of retroactive disability benefits to a veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder is affirmed where: 1) appellate jurisdiction...

Renteria-Marin v. Ag-Mart Produce, Inc.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Class Actions, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a class action brought by plaintiff migrant farm workers under Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA), ruling in favor of...

Mt. Diablo Unified Sch. Dist. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Temporary disability payments commence when a school district pays an injured employee his or her normal wages under Education Code section 44043.

Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Cmty. v. State of California

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Gaming Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law
In an Indian tribe's action challenging the California Gambling Control Commission's interpretation of a gaming compact and the Commission's...

Preminger v. Peake

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Military Law
In a First Amendment challenge to the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) denial of entry to one of their facilities for the purpose of registering...