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Vargas v. City of Salinas

Elections, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Public Utilities, Tax Law
Grant of a special motion to strike the plaintiffs' complaint under the anti-SLAPP law is affirmed regarding a complaint alleging improper government...

Armenta v. Osmose, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law, Public Utilities
Judgment entered against defendant-employer in an action alleging violations of California's minimum wage law is reversed in part as to the trial...

Ace Telephone Assoc. v. Koppendrayer

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
Grant of judicial review and declaratory relief as to agency defendant's setting the reciprocal compensation rate carriers pay each other for...

Stone v. Duke Energy Corp.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Public Utilities, Securities Law
Dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of plaintiff's action as to claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 alleging that employer defendant violated...

Casteel v. County of San Joaquin

Government Law, Public Utilities, Tax Law
Judgment compelling defendant to refund fees paid by plaintiff for solid waste disposal services provided at several of his rental properties is...

FPL Energy Marcus Hook, L.P. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Construction, Government Law, Public Utilities
Petitions for review of agency defendant's order denying a request for a reallocation and redetermination of plaintiff's cost responsibility for...

Big Sky Excavating, Inc. v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an class action challenging legislation that provided for the deregulation of telecommunication services as being unconstitutional special...

Consumers Energy Co. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
Plaintiff's petitions for review of two Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders denying reimbursement of costs incurred in connection with...

Am. Gas Ass'n v. FERC

Administrative Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
In an action concerning the natural gas industry, the Federal Energy Regulation Commission gave a satisfactory explanation for its removal of the caps...

Sacramento Mun. Utility Dist. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
Plaintiff may not seek an order from the Federal Energy Regulation Commission to compel the major California utilities to continue providing it with...