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Hodak v. City of St. Peters

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought against city and mayor for allegedly increasing police presence around a bar owned by plaintiff and...

Witt Home Ranch, Inc. v. County of Sonoma

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a matter involving validity of a subdivision map approved and recorded under statutes in effect prior to the state's first modern land use planning...

City of Hollister v. Monterey Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In an action to recover destroyed building's "functional replacement value" under an insurance policy, judgment for plaintiff-city is affirmed over...

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...

US v. Missouri

Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law
In a suit brought by the government alleging Missouri was in violation of its obligations under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA),...

Bryson v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by an exonerated former inmate against a city and officials alleging that they falsely procured his original conviction 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...

Citizens Against Ruining the Env't v. Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
Petitions for review of the EPA's decision not to object under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to operating permits proposed by the Illinois Environmental...

Moreno v. City of Sacramento

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In a suit alleging that defendants violated plaintiff's civil rights by seizing and destroying his property without due process, an award of...

Los Altos Golf and Country Club v. County of Santa Clara

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In plaintiffs' action to recover fees paid for sewer service provided by the city, demurrer for defendants-city and county is affirmed where there was...