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Niles Freeman Equip. v. Joseph

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Benefits, Military Law
In a case involving California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Program where one of the partners was deemed not a "qualified disabled...

In re "Agent Orange" Prod. Liab. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action arising from the alleged injuries, mostly forms of cancer, caused by veterans' exposure to the chemical defoliant...

Boggs v. Peake

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
A decision denying a veteran's 2002 claim for service connection for hearing loss in one ear is reversed and remanded for further proceedings where...

Ahmed v. Bush

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Military Law, Remedies
When the Supreme Court grants certiorari to review the circuit court's determination that the district court lacks jurisdiction, a court can, pursuant...

Blagojevich v. Gates

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Military Law
In a suit by the governor of Illinois alleging that a decision to move planes from a Air National Guard base in Illinois to one in Indiana violated...

Doe v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
In a veteran's action alleging that defendant-physician improperly revealed private medical and personal information, particularly his HIV positive...

Savitz v. Peake

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
A decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals denying claimant an earlier effective date for service connection for a foot condition is reversed and...

Natural Res. Defense Council, Inc. v. Winter

Environmental Law, Military Law, Remedies
In an action brought by groups concerned that the Navy's potential use of high-intensity, mid-frequency active sonar will harm various species of...

Baird v. Dep't of the Army

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
A decision sustaining petitioner's removal from her position as a psychiatric nursing assistant at an Army hospital is vacated where an administrative...

Shaw Group, Inc. v. Marcum

Construction, Evidence, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In a wrongful death lawsuit against a private contractor arising out of the fatal electrocution of an Army private at Fort Benning, a judgment against...