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Bd. of Ed. of City Sch. Dist. of New York v. Tom F.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
A circuit court's judgment holding, that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) permits tuition reimbursement where a child has not...

Augustine v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
After a disabled Navy veteran prevailed in an action brought alleging that her rights as a preference eligible had been violated when she was denied...

Cuvillier v. Sullivan

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Family Law, Government Law
In an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 asserting a deprivation of rights secured by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act arising...

Alvin Indep. Sch. Dist. v. A.D.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Evidence, Health Law
A judgment finding that a Special Education Hearing Officer improperly determined that defendant-child meets the definition of "child with a...

Mlechick v. Mansfield

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In proceedings involving a veteran's claims for compensation for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hearing loss, a decision to remand to the...

Lingenfelter v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision denying claimant's applications for social security disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under the Social...

Friends of Pinto Creek v. US Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Petition for review of the EPA's issuance of a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to a copper mining company, allowing...

Casey v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of disability insurance and supplemental security income benefits is affirmed where it was supported by substantial evidence, as an ALJ: 1) did...

San Juan County v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an appeal arising after certain conservation groups sought to intervene in a federal quiet title action brought by a Utah county against the...

Grant v. Dir., Office of Worker's Comp. Prog.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Dismissal of an appeal of a dismissed compensation claim under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) is vacated where...