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Cedars-Sinai Med. Ctr. v. Nat'l League of Postmasters of the US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law
In a suit brought by a hospital against defendant alleging that it had provided services to a patient insured by defendant's health care plan but that...

Massingill v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under The Equal Opportunity Employment Act brought by a former nurse at a VA facility, summary judgment for the VA is reversed as: 1) a...

Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Lake Shore Asset Mgmt. Ltd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Remedies, Securities Law
In proceedings brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) against a commodity-pool operator and adviser in the derivatives business...

State of Maine v. Johnson

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Indian Law, Water Law
In a dispute among two Indian tribes, the EPA, and the state of Maine involving the state's application under the Clean Water Act to take over...

Patel v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the denial of a second motion to reopen based on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is denied where the BIA did not...

Pelea v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Military Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
The estate of a veteran's widow may not continue to pursue her unadjudicated claim for benefits based on the veteran's military service.

Horras v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Civil monetary penalties, assessments, and exclusions from all federal health care programs, imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services...

N. California River Watch v. City of Healdsburg

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
A judgment in favor of an environmental group in litigation under the Clean Water Act (CWA) challenging a city's discharge of sewage from its waste...

EEOC v. Concentra Health Servs., Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that defendant illegally retaliated against an employee for reporting a sexual affair between an employee and a supervisor,...

Payan v. Aramark Mgmt. Servs. Ltd. P'ship

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a Title VII claim is affirmed where, in the absence of evidence of actual receipt of an EEOC right-to-sue letter, the court will apply a...