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Karst Envtl. Educ & Prot., Inc. v. EPA

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Transportation
In an action by appellant environmental organzitions against various agencies alleging they failed to conduct the environmental and historical...

Wilson v. MVM, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Rulings for defendants on claims brought by court security officers under the Rehabilitation Act (RA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and...

Miller v. Fortis Benefits Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a complaint to recover benefits under ERISA, on statute of limitations grounds, is affirmed where plaintiff's cause of action accrued in...

Weiss v. Washington Mut. Bank

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law
A lawsuit challenging a federal savings and loan association's prepayment penalty formula is preempted by the federal Home Owners' Loan Act and the...

Sloan v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
A determination that an applicant qualified for long-term disability benefits under a plan governed by ERISA is affirmed over the plan administrator's...

Estate of Walters v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law
A decision finding that the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) shielded the government from liability for...

State of S. Dakota v. US Dep't of the Interior

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A decision by the Department of the Interior to take certain land into trust for the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is affirmed over state and county's...

McClanahan v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for the Commissioner of Social Security on a denial of an application for disability benefits and supplemental social security income...

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. US Postal Serv.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A broad cease and desist order issued by the NLRB against a U.S. Postal Service facility in Texas due to certain information request violations is...

Bath Marine Draftsmen's Ass'n v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of an unfair labor practices complaint against an employer for unilaterally merging an employee pension plan with that of its parent company...