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Morris v. Chiang

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a class action for equitable relief based on alleged unconstitutional takings of property, namely, interest "and other accruals" on unclaimed...

Richlin Sec. Serv. Co. v. Chertoff

Attorney's Fees, Government Contracts, Government Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
A prevailing party that satisfies the Equal Access to Justice Act's (EAJA) other requirements may recover its paralegal fees from the government at...

Romero v. Dept. of Defense

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
A decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board affirming the removal of an auditor for the Office of the Inspector General for failing to maintain...

In re Claudia E.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Government Law, Remedies
Declaratory relief is available in juvenile court if there is an actual controversy between the parties as required under the law. Thus, the juvenile...

Adena Reg'l Med. Ctr. v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiffs-hospitals' action claiming that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should include the beneficiaries of a state mandatory charity...

Miller v. Whitehead

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In consolidated habeas cases wherein prisoners alleged that the Bureau of Prisons unlawfully declared them ineligible for placement at a Residential...

Cuba Soil and Water Conservation Dist. v. Lewis

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action under the Federal Mining Leasing Act (FMLA) claiming that the Act provides a political subdivision of a state an implied cause of action...

Beck v. City of Upland

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for various constitutional violations and for various state law causes of action against a city, its...

Lawrence v. City of Philadelphia

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against defendant-city involving the issue of whether fire service paramedics ("FSPs") employed by a city's fire department have "legal...

Belize Telecom, LTD v. Government of Belize

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, International Law, Judgement Enforcement, Remedies
In an action primarily involving a dispute over the proper interpretation of two Articles of Incorporation provisions governing the appointment and...