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McLeod v. Vista Unified Sch. Dist.

Education Law, Elections, Government Law
In taxpayer waste action challenging parts of a school district's successful local measure authorizing it to issue bonds for school construction,...

Coastside Fishing Club v. Cal. Res. Agency

Environmental Law, Government Law
In case involving a memorandum of understanding to help implement the Marine Life Protection Act, order dismissing complaint for declaratory and...

Matsuda v. City & County of Honolulu

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action raising the issue of whether the Constitution imposes any limit on the City of Honolulu's power to repudiate a contract to convey...

Stroman Realty, Inc. v. Wercinski

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action involving plaintiff's challenge to attempts by the Commissioner of the Arizona Department of Real Estate to...

Morris v. City of Chillicothe

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that a police chief, police department, a city, and city council members terminated plaintiff in...

Harris v. Bornhorst

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit raising claims under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983, and for state law malicious prosecution,...

Esther B. v. City of L.A.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of relief from dismissal of plaintiff's motions for attorney's fees is affirmed over claims that: 1) relief was mandatory under Code of Civil...

Nat'l Inst. of Military Justice v. Dep't of Defense

Civil Rights, Government Law, Military Law
In FOIA action seeking records containing the opinions and recommendations of non-governmental lawyers whose advice the U.S. Department of Defense...

Utah Educ. Ass'n v. Shurtleff

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by various Utah labor unions claiming that Utah's Voluntary Contributions Act (VCA) violates the First Amendment by restricting...

Nelson v. Nat'l Aeronautics & Space Admin.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action brought by scientists, engineers, and administrative support personnel at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) challenging NASA's recently...