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California Water Impact Network v. Newhall County Water Dist.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In an action seeking to set aside a city's Water Supply Assessment (WSA), Environmental Impact Report (EIR), and review process under CEQA for a...

Green v. City of Raleigh

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit challenging the constitutionality of city ordinances requiring those who wish to picket on public ways to provide the city with prior notice...

Foster v. US

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), alleging that ATF agents damaged hundreds of his handguns and long guns,...

US v. Sorich

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sentencing
Convictions and sentences for mail fraud and making materially false statements to federal investigators in relation to patronage appointments in the...

Lindquist v. City of Pasadena

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' claims arising from defendant-city's refusal to grant them a license to operate a used car dealership is reversed and...

Harbury v. Hayden

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a suit alleging that members of the U.S. government were responsible for the torture and death of a Guatemalan rebel fighter, dismissal of...

Duncan's Point Lot Owners Ass'n Inc. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Petition for review of an FERC decision that the grant of an easement for a wastewater discharge pipe and permission to build a seawall violated the...

Borden v. Sch. Dist. of the Township of E. Brunswick

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Sports Law
In an action instituted by a football coach alleging that a school district's policy, prohibiting faculty participation in student-initiated prayer,...

MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Dep't of Revenue

Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, M&A, Tax Law
In a case raising the issue of whether Illinois constitutionally taxed an apportioned share of the capital gain realized by Mead, an out-of-state...

US v. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law
The plain language of 26 U.S.C. sections 7422(a) and 6511 requires a taxpayer seeking a refund for a tax assessed in violation of the Export Clause,...