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Hjortness v. Neenah Joint Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Health Law
In a due process claim by a student and his parents against a school district alleging the denial of a free appropriate public education in violation...

Pinkerton v. US Dep't of Educ.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
To establish liability in an employment discrimination action under the ADA, the plaintiff must show that disability played a motivating role in the...

Ortega v. Contra Costa Cmty. College Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In suits under FEHA challenging plaintiff's demotion as head football coach and his termination, dismissals of complaints for failure to exhaust...

Jackson v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
Dismissal of challenge to administrative denial of application for Supplemental Social Security is affirmed over claim that the doctrine of equitable...

Estate of Gerson v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
A tax court's decision to assess a tax of over $1 million on the proceeds of an irrevocable trust under the generation-skipping transfer tax is...

Nat'l Labor Review Bd. v. Midwestern Pers. Servs., Inc.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for enforcement of an NLRB order mandating the reinstatement of striking employers and the payment of back wages is granted where the NLRB's...

State of Alaska v. EEOC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against the State of Alaska brought by two discharged members of the Governor's Office, petition for review of a remand order of the EEOC is...

Joseph v. Fed. Trade Comm'n

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In an action brought by an unsuccessful applicant for a specific federal position contending that the FTC's procedure in filling the vacancy denied...

Wade v. City of North Chicago Police Pension Board

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for administrative review of the decision of the City of North Chicago Police Pension Board, finding that the denial of a pension was...

Crown Point Dev., Inc. v. City of Sun Valley

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A decision finding that plaintiff-developer could not state a claim for relief based on the allegedly arbitrary and irrational denial of a permit...