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Eriksson v. Nunnink

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In plaintiff-parents' suit for wrongful death and infliction of emotion distress against defendant, their deceased daughter's horse riding coach,...

Navajo Nation v. U.S.

Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In an Indian Tribe's suit seeking damages for an alleged Fifth Amendment taking of its right to develop land granted to it by the United States in...

Madison Cty. v. Oneida Indian Nation of N.Y.

Civil Procedure, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an action concerning an Indian tribe's collection of property taxes, the Supreme Court vacated a grant of certiorari and remanded to the Second...

Dobbas v. Vitas

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insurer's suit to recover its payment to the injured parties from a broker who failed to procure or canceled excess liability insurance to cover...

In re Miranda

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a parolee's petition for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that the Board of Parole Hearings violated his due process rights at a parole-suitability...

US v. Canal Barge Co.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Law
In a conviction of defendants for violation of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (PWSA), arising from a benzene leak in the Mississippi River,...

Hargrove v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
The Veterans Court's denial of a petition for writ of mandamus, challenging the Regional Office's proposed reduction in petitioner's disability...

Ames v. Home Depot U.S.A.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer claiming violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Americans with Disabilities...

CareToLive v. Food & Drug Admin.

Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law
In an action against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), filed by an association of cancer patients, patient families, doctors, investors and...

Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Gaston Copper Recycling Corp.

Government Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In plaintiff's suit against a former owner of a metals smelting facility for violations of the Clean Water Act, district court's judgment is affirmed...