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Retail Indus. Leaders Ass'ns v. Fielder

Administrative Law, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for plaintiffs, declaring that ERISA preempts Maryland's Fair Share Health Care Fund Act, which requires employers with 10,000 or...

Dynasteel Corp. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
An employer's petition for review of an adverse ruling by the NLRB finding that it had engaged in unfair labor practices, in violation of the National...

Bettencourt v. City and County of San Francisco

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of petition for writ of mandate and for injunctive relief filed by plaintiff police officers seeking dismissal of disciplinary proceedings is...

Breslin v. City and County of San Francisco

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of petition for writ of mandate and for injunctive relief filed by plaintiff police officers seeking dismissal of police disciplinary charges...

Wolf v. CIA

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendant, in FOIA action seeking records related to Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, a late, former Colombian politician, is reversed to...

American Fed'n Gov't Employees v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit brought by plaintiff union to have defendant's decision declared unlawful, which made it impossible for plaintiff to enforce an arbitration...

Westar Energy, Inc. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
Denial of petitioners' request to file corrected transmission data for 2001 after the deadline for doing so is remanded for further consideration as...

Selgas v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Tax Law
A judgment against petitioner on his petition for a redetermination of his tax liability for a particular year is affirmed over claims that: 1) the...

Stanley v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit challenging the Attorney General's removal of plaintiff from her position as a United States Trustee as a violation of the separation of...

CreAgri, Inc. v. USANA Health Sciences, Inc.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In the context of acquiring trademark rights via "use in commerce," only lawful use in commerce can give rise to trademark priority.