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Howe v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Social Security case, denial of claimant's application for disability insurance benefits is affirmed where an ALJ's determination that claimant...

Curley v. Klem

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights suit brought by a New York Port Authority officer and his wife against a New Jersey state trooper alleging he violated plaintiff's...

Green v. State of California

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) requires that plaintiffs prove they are "qualified...

Nat'l Am. Ins. Co. v. US

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In an action brought by a payment bond surety against the government arising from the government's failure to follow the surety's request that...

Missouri Prot. & Advocacy Servs., Inc. v. Carnahan

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Family Law, Government Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a suit brought by residents and a non-profit advocacy organization alleging that Missouri law violates the constitution and federal laws by...

Bennett v. City of Philadelphia

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law actions brought against a city, agency, social workers and others arising from one child's death and...

Peters v. Village of Clifton

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a municipality alleging an unconstitutional taking of plaintiff's property in violation of the Fifth and...

Kilpatrick v. King

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Government Law
In a civil rights suit against several employees of a state Department of Health and Human Services, denial of plaintiff's motion to compel discovery...

Shaffer v. Potter

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a gender discrimination suit brought by a letter carrier against the postmaster general, summary judgment for the postmaster is affirmed where: 1)...

Vasquez v. California

Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In taxpayer waste action involving the Prison Inmate Labor Initiative of 1990, order awarding plaintiff additional attorney fees under the private...