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Fieger v. Cox

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections, Government Law, Sanctions
In an action alleging vindictive prosecution against Michigan's Attorney General, a state Supreme Court Justice, and the state's Secretary of State,...

Middlebrooks v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII and 42 U.S.C. section 1981 action arising from defendant's refusal to hire plaintiff, dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction...

Torres v. City of Madera

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action arising in circumstances in which defendant-officer, intending to deploy a Taser device holstered near her firearm, instead...

Reeves v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law
An award of attorney's fees granted under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. section 2412(d)(1)(A) belongs to the "prevailing party",...

OSI, Inc. v. US

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action relating to the Air Force's use of certain land, now owned by plaintiff, as a landfill in prior decades, wherein plaintiff raised tort...

Lane v. Dep't of the Interior

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former park ranger's action for violations of the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act, summary judgment for the Department of the Interior...

NLRB v. USPS

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for enforcement of a NLRB order finding certain statements by a USPS supervisor employee to be a threat of retaliation in violation of NLRA...

Price-Cornelison v. Brooks

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action claiming that defendant-undersheriff failed to enforce plaintiff's protective orders because she is a lesbian victim of domestic...

Jericho Water Dist. v. One Call Users Council, Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
With respect to Gen. Bus. Law section 761, which requires apportioning the costs of the "one-call notification system" among the operators of...

Forest Serv. Employees for Envtl. Ethics v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the U.S. Forest Service is not required to publicly release the identities of agency...