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Citizens for Responsible Open Space v. San Mateo County Local Agency Formation Comm'n

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment for defendants, rejecting petition to invalidate the annexation to the Midpenninsula Regional Open Space District of 144,000 acres along the...

S&S Cummins Corp. v. W. Bay Builders, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In suit for breach of contract arising from project to build a public elementary school, judgment for plaintiff-electrical subcontractor is affirmed...

Diaz-Romero v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought under Bivens and the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) alleging that the defendants engaged in a conspiracy to violate his...

Parker v. Hurley

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a suit brought by parents, whose religious beliefs are offended by gay marriage and homosexuality, against their children's school district...

Clark v. Boscher

Civil Rights, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a former mayor and various former city council members and commissioners for obstructing the development of a...

State of NC v. Tennessee Valley Auth.

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In common-law nuisance action contending coal plants emit various pollutants which travel through the atmosphere into North Carolina, adversely...

Coalition for Equal Rights, Inc. v. Ritter

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's Clean Indoor Air Act (CCIA), summary judgment for the Colorado's governor and other state...

Oberson v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' action against the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) alleging the Forest Service negligently failed to correct or...

Holmgren v. County of L.A.

Class Actions, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In class action against defendant-county by plaintiffs, employees of contractors, alleging entitlement to civil service and retirement benefits,...

County of Ventura v. Channel Islands Marina, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute over leasehold improvements installed by a private party on land leased from defendant county, inverse condemnation verdict for lessee...