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Bismullah v. Gates

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Military Law
Government's petition for rehearing, in case involving eight men detained at the Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who sought review of the...

Henrie v. Northrop Grumman Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In an action brought by a plaintiff-civilian painter who injured his arm while working at an Air Force Base using an apparatus manufactured by...

ConocoPhillips v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an appeal focusing on the application of the economic price adjustment clause in plaintiffs-oil companies' contracts to supply fuel to the...

Ace Constructors, Inc. v. US

Civil Procedure, Construction, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law, Remedies
In a dispute arising after plaintiff entered into a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a structure at an Army airfield, a...

Burt v. Gates

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Military Law
In case brought by faculty members at Yale Law School regarding the Solomon Amendment's denial of federal funding if any part of a university refuses...

Mayfield v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
A decision denying a widow's claim for dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) is affirmed in part and dismissed in part as: 1) a challenge to a...

Corrie v. Caterpillar, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In an action brought against Caterpillar by plaintiffs whose family members were killed or injured when the Israeli Defense Forces demolished homes in...

Ferreiro v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a suit by former employees or widows of former employees of the U.S. residing in Cuba seeking civil service retirement benefits and veteran's...

Dearchibold v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a suit alleging that the U.S. is liable for amounts due to plaintiffs under Panamanian labor law as a consequence of plaintiffs' employment with...

Andino v. Nicholson

Government Benefits, Military Law
Severance of a veteran's service connection is reversed where the Veterans Court's interpretation of the regulation governing severance as permitting...