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Alvarado v. Table Mountain Racheria

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law
In an action brought by individuals who unsuccessfully petitioned the Table Mountain Tribal Council for admission to the Table Mountain Rancheria, an...

Sobranes Recovery Pool I, LLC v. Todd & Hughes Constr. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Government Law
In an assignee's action seeking to execute on a judgment entered against defendants in favor of the FDIC under the Federal Debt Collection Procedures...

Stockton Citizens for Sensible Planning v. City of Stockton

Administrative Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Peremptory writ of mandate setting aside approvals for a Wal-Mart retail store to be constructed in a mixed use zone is affirmed where: 1) a...

California Dep't of Toxic Substances Control v. Alco Pac., Inc.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a state agency's cost recovery action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), seeking cleanup...

Stotter v. Univ. of Texas at San Antonio

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a civil rights case involving the termination of an employment contract of a tenured professor and the alleged destruction of his personal...

Aguilar v. U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
In a suit against the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Division of the Department of Homeland Security alleging violation of constitutional...

US v. C. Pyramid Enters., Inc.

Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
In a Miller Act case, a judgment denying recovery to a steel fabricator in its suit against a prime contractor and its sureties is reversed where a...

Lighthouse Inst. for Evangelism, Inc. v. City of Long Branch

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A religious plaintiff under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act's (RLUIPA) Equal Terms Provision need not show that a challenged...

Stalley v. Catholic Health Initiatives

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
Suits authorized by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute, 42 U.S.C. section 1395y(b)(3)(A), are private causes of action, which requires the plaintiff...

Vanieken-Ryals v. Office of Personnel Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A denial of former Veterans Administration employee's application for disability retirement benefits is reversed and remanded as the Office of...