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Aid v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of petitioner's application for withholding of removal based on political opinion is denied where substantial evidence supported...

Steele v. Schafer

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit alleging creation of a hostile work environment and retaliation, summary judgment for defendant-Department of Agriculture is...

Evers v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action against the Social Security Administration alleging due process and regulatory violations in the termination of a medical consulting...

State of California v. Pet Food Express Ltd.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure
Order compelling defendant pet food/supply chain to comply with an investigatory administrative subpoena issued by the State of California Department...

Lanfear v. Home Depot, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a matter of first impression as to whether a complaint for breach of fiduciary duty regarding the diminution of value of a defined contribution...

Miklosy v. Regents of the Univ. of California

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The California Whistleblower Protection Act precludes a damages action against the University of California when the University of California has...

Yingbin-Nature Woood Indus. Co., Ltd. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n

Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Patent
In proceedings involving the importation of laminate flooring panels alleged to have infringed upon two patents, an ITC order finding a violation...

Vann v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Indian Law
In a suit by descendants of Cherokee-owned slaves alleging that the Secretary of the Interior violated numerous laws and constitutional provisions by...

Kadillak v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
An individual taxpayer's Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) capital losses are subject to the limitations in I.R.C. sections 172(d) and 1211(b), and...

County of Sacramento v. AFSCME LOCAL 146

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a matter concerning the extent of jurisdiction the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has over claims arising under the Mayers-Milias-Brown...