all - Opinion Summaries

Parrott v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of former TSA employee's claim alleging that his resignation was involuntary, and therefore constituted a constructive removal, is affirmed...

Utah Envtl. Congress v. Russell

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action alleging that defendants-Forest Service and its representatives violated federal law in approving a timber harvesting and prescribed...

Surrell v. California Water Serv. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of Title VII and the exhaustion requirement, where a plaintiff is entitled to receive a right-to-sue letter from the EEOC, a plaintiff...

Tamenut v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
The decision whether to reopen removal proceedings sua sponte is committed to the BIA's discretion by law, 5 U.S.C. section 701(a)(2), and the circuit...

R/T 182, LLC v. Fed. Aviation Admin.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Transportation
An FAA decision to allow a local airport to charge a maintenance fee to airport users who store their aircraft at the airport, while charging no fee...

NLRB v. HQM of Bayside LLC.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
NLRB's application to enforce its order against defendant-nursing home operator is granted where: 1) substantial evidence supports the Board's finding...

Shafer v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) in a social security disability action is reversed where...

Hamilton v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision denying claimant Social Security disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income is affirmed where: 1) the record as a whole...

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...

Pinos-Gonzales v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Where the BIA properly applies its own waiver rule and refuses to consider the merits of an argument that was not raised in an initial hearing, the...