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Bazan v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law
Award of compensation to petitioner under the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is reversed where: 1) petitioner was required to make out a prima...

Distributed Solutions, Inc. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a case arising from a dispute related to the procurement of software for development of a common computer platform between two government agencies,...

Harrison v. Ash, C.O.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a claim by the estate of plaintiff-inmate, serving 35-day sentence for failure to pay child support, who died after a severe asthma attack in a...

Byrd v. Dressel

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by a group of homeowners and community organizations seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against a city, employees, and...

Mendez v. County of San Bernardino

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sanctions
In a suit against a city, county, sheriff's department and various individual defendants under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 arising from the aftermath of an...

County of Santa Clara v. Astra USA, Inc.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Government Contracts, Government Law, Health Law
In a lawsuit brought by certain federally funded medical clinics claiming that they have been overcharged for certain prescription drugs in violation...

Khorrami v. Rolince

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging violations of due-process rights by government agents who detained plaintiff while investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist...

Sicar v. Chertoff

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, Immigration Law
In a class action claim for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging the government has systematically misclassified plaintiffs' parole status...

Della Dial v. Healthspring of Alabama, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an appeal presenting the question of whether a complaint about conduct regulated by the Medicare Act filed in a state court may be removed to a...

Wisconsin Cent., Ltd. v. Shannon

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit by a railroad seeking a declaratory judgment that state overtime provisions were preempted by federal law, summary judgment for plaintiff...