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Stalcup v. Peabody Coal Co.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of black lung benefits is reversed where an ALJ cannot avoid scientific controversy over the presence of the disease in defendant by basing his...

Shmyhelskyy v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is denied where there...

Lehman v. Dep't of Revenue

Administrative Law, Family Law
Agency's motion for rehearing is denied but the court clarifies its previous opinion and finds that the language used in a child support order...

California Dep't of Corr. v. California State Personnel Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case where defendant dismissed all disciplinary and dishonesty charges against plaintiff's employees for participating in a pyramid scheme wherein...

Almonte v. City of Long Beach

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In civil rights and wrongful discharge case involving defendant city council members' budget vote to eliminate funding for plaintiffs' positions, an...

Davies v. Johanns

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Banking Law, Debt Collection
In a dispute over the manner in which the Farm Service Agency (FSA) assessed the amount that plaintiffs' property had appreciated for purposes of...

Teen Ranch, Inc. v. Udow

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a case involving constitutional and statutory religious discrimination claims brought by a faith-based service provider contracting with a state...

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. King Soopers, Inc.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Orders issued by the NLRB against an employer, based on violations of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in failing to provide documents and...

Hall v. US Dep't of Labor

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In an action brought by a former civilian chemist alleging his employer violated the employee protection provisions of several environmental statutes,...

Islam Am. Relief Agency v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law
After government concluded that appellant was a branch office of a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and invoked its authority under...