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City of Santa Cruz v. Patel

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Orders directing defendants to comply with plaintiff city's subpoenas requiring the production of records necessary for a tax compliance audit are...

Sands v. McCormick

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state tort law action brought against a police officer and district attorney, judgments for defendants are affirmed...

Mayfield v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
A decision denying a widow's claim for dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) is affirmed in part and dismissed in part as: 1) a challenge to a...

Equity Lifestyle Props., Inc. v. County of San Luis Obispo

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought challenging a municipal rent control ordinance, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) although plaintiff had standing...

Corrie v. Caterpillar, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In an action brought against Caterpillar by plaintiffs whose family members were killed or injured when the Israeli Defense Forces demolished homes in...

Hudson v. The City of Chicago

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging in two counts that a Chicago police officer, through negligence and willful and wanton conduct, caused an automobile collision that...

Nkihtaqmikon v. Impson

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to a lease of tribal land to a developer in order to construct a liquefied natural gas terminal on the land, dismissal of the suit is...

Overseas Military Sales Corp. v. Giralt-Armada

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law
An appeal by a government contractor, seeking reversal of the district court's order dismissing its complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief to...

Ferreiro v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a suit by former employees or widows of former employees of the U.S. residing in Cuba seeking civil service retirement benefits and veteran's...

Dearchibold v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a suit alleging that the U.S. is liable for amounts due to plaintiffs under Panamanian labor law as a consequence of plaintiffs' employment with...